Lawrence Schemel, MD
Family Medicine · Springdale, ARNPI 1083603369
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 291 payments — averaging $15.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$814
- Johnson & Johnson$470
- Bayer$350
- GSK$312
- Pfizer$297
- Novo Nordisk$263
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,555100%
- Education$50%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 37 | $814 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 39 | $470 |
| Bayer | 18 | $350 |
| GSK | 29 | $312 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $297 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $263 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 16 | $251 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 15 | $248 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $242 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $214 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $197 |
| Exact Sciences | 12 | $195 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $127 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $105 |
| Abbott | 4 | $67 |
| Merck | 4 | $51 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $51 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Gilead | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$4,560 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,347 family medicine providers in Arkansas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 162 | $147,117 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 118 | $125,985 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 93 | $122,127 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 84 | $111,215 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 83 | $84,871 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 70 | $73,998 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 71 | $72,688 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 52 | $41,201 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 25 | $39,741 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 39 | $36,245 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 22 | $29,944 |
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 11 | $29,337 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 27 | $25,939 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 21 | $18,136 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 14 | $17,144 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $263 | $161,868118 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $297 | $147,117162 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Pradaxa | $242 | $139,266140 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $312 | $133,645116 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $814 | $110,928120 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $214 | $103,94392 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $470 | $72,68871 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $251 | $41,20152 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $350 | $36,24539 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $20 | $25,93927 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $105 | $18,13621 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCTrulance | $197 | $6,73912 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 1,347 family medicine providers in Arkansas.
Other family medicine in Springdale
- George KonisLittle Rock$26.6M
- Kevin RobertsLittle Rock$2.5M
- Derek LewisLittle Rock$1.7M
- Jodi SansonHot Springs$1.7M
- Senthil RaghavanLittle Rock$496K
- Broderick EatonWynne$442K
- Landon HumphreyConway$417K
- Vonda HouchinHarrisburg$206K
- Glenn GibbonsFort Smith$179K
- Christopher BrownJonesboro$160K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.