Melissa Baldwin
Family · Little Rock, ARNPI 1487246278
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 380 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 17.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,675, more than ten times the $153 reported in 2021. Among family 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 380 payments — averaging $20.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$949
- AstraZeneca$879
- Sanofi$848
- CSL Behring$749
- Grifols USA, LLC$651
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$641%
- Food & beverage$7,78798%
- Education$581%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 91 | $1,352 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 35 | $949 |
| AstraZeneca | 29 | $879 |
| Sanofi | 38 | $848 |
| CSL Behring | 39 | $749 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 24 | $651 |
| Novartis | 21 | $440 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 21 | $325 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 17 | $299 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 14 | $240 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 8 | $194 |
| Amgen | 9 | $166 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 5 | $141 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $80 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $71 |
| ADMA Biomanufacturing LLC | 3 | $64 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 2 | $48 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $34 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Greer Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$7,909 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,103 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 160 | $132,651 |
| XembifyImmune Globulin,gamma(Igg)klhw | 13 | $72,850 |
| XolairOmalizumab | 14 | $39,915 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 33 | $14,614 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 16 | $8,586 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 23 | $6,346 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 24 | $5,398 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 13 | $3,681 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 108 | $2,979 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 154 | $2,147 |
| Epinephrine | 11 | $2,049 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 65 | $2,004 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 42 | $1,367 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 42 | $1,134 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 13 | $813 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $1,352 | $147,265193 claims |
| Grifols USA, LLCXembify | $651 | $72,85013 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort | $879 | $6,34623 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAEpinephrine | $34 | $2,04911 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 2,103 family providers in Arkansas.
Other family in Little Rock
- Anthony EcholsLittle Rock$25K
- Michael StirlingLittle Rock$23K
- Emily AllenLittle Rock$14K
- Brandy EasonLittle Rock$13K
- Matthew TaylorLittle Rock$10K
- Collene RogersLittle Rock$9K
- Morgan BittengleLittle Rock$9K
- Leah CarringtonRogers$1.6M
- Nina CopelandFort Smith$207K
- Stefanie BrackinJonesboro$51K
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.