Melanie Myers
Physician Assistant · Fort Smith, ARNPI 1841616604
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.2% of the total across 537 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 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant clinicians in AR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 537 payments — averaging $19.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$838
- Sanofi$830
- Novartis$795
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$787
- plus $4K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,74795%
- Education$4965%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 107 | $1,830 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 69 | $1,429 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 40 | $838 |
| Sanofi | 26 | $830 |
| Novartis | 41 | $795 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 34 | $787 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 23 | $418 |
| UCB, Inc. | 28 | $414 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $385 |
| Pfizer | 26 | $351 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 17 | $319 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 16 | $300 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 9 | $246 |
| Amgen | 13 | $225 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $162 |
| Almirall LLC | 7 | $160 |
| Incyte Corporation | 8 | $137 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 9 | $120 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 7 | $119 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $93 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 6 | $85 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $36 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Organon | 2 | $10 |
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
$10,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 451 physician assistant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OtezlaApremilast | 46 | $222,135 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 13 | $93,915 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 11 | $42,053 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 216 | $10,025 |
| Ketoconazole | 212 | $3,813 |
| Metronidazole | 23 | $1,762 |
| Mupirocin | 201 | $1,456 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 258 | $1,424 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 106 | $1,212 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 23 | $1,122 |
| Fluorouracil | 13 | $1,064 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 22 | $911 |
| Pentoxifylline | 20 | $359 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 18 | $341 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 26 | $240 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenOtezla | $225 | $222,13546 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 95th percentile of 451 physician assistant providers in Arkansas.
Other physician assistant in Fort Smith
- Honey SchaumburgFort Smith$397K
- Benton LoggainsFort Smith$39K
- Bryce BassFort Smith$11K
- Kayla MouryFort Smith$11K
- Lauren SatterfieldFort Smith$7K
- Adrienne EasterlingRogers$366K
- Katherine RossLittle Rock$44K
- Monte DouglasJacksonville$38K
- Anna StilinovicFayetteville$32K
- Timothy BookerLittle Rock$13K
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.