Mark Dotson
Podiatrist · Fort Smith, ARNPI 1689642019
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 46 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for podiatrist clinicians in AR, where the typical reported total is $1,089.
Across 46 payments — averaging $23.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$175
- AbbVie$138
- Smith+Nephew$102
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$92
- Amgen$90
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$81
- plus $389 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,067100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 3 | $175 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $138 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $102 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Amgen | 5 | $90 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 6 | $74 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $48 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $19 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$1,067 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 35 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 25 | $1,317 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 55 | $957 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 44 | $794 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 82 | $574 |
| Methylprednisolone | 40 | $351 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 22 | $235 |
| Gabapentin | 30 | $204 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 46 | $185 |
| Meloxicam | 51 | $128 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 11 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Fort Smith
- Dean BrightSpringdale$175K
- Brian HorowitzWest Memphis$9K
- Peyton BakerFayetteville$7K
- Christopher RowlettJonesboro$6K
- Stephen PirottaBentonville$4K
- Weldon MurryFayetteville$4K
- Brooke BisbeeRogers$4K
- Nancy LeeRogers$4K
- Eddy CaldwellJonesboro$3K
- Jesse BurksNorth Little Rock$3K
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.