Pouya Hemmati, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Little Rock, ARNPI 1932589850
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.3%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 66.6% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $95,761, more than ten times the $891 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 487 payments — averaging $345.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$112K
- Baxter Healthcare$25K
- Abbott$6K
- Abiomed$6K
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- plus $10K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$78,00046%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,5001%
- Travel & lodging$40,81324%
- Food & beverage$22,91814%
- Education$24,11314%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 214 | $112,190 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 29 | $25,384 |
| Abbott | 40 | $6,493 |
| Abiomed | 56 | $6,111 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 29 | $3,904 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 36 | $3,824 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $2,524 |
| BD | 8 | $1,517 |
| Medtronic | 16 | $1,417 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 7 | $1,130 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 9 | $738 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $582 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 6 | $569 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $485 |
| Corcym Inc | 5 | $312 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 8 | $268 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $226 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $158 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $150 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $110 |
| Stryker | 3 | $98 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$76,104
- TISSEEL$23,325
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$17,510
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$15,950
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$5,190
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$3,063
- Epic$2,946
- AdvantageRib$2,049
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,721
- Impella$1,469
- ISOLATOR SURGICAL ABLATION SYSTEM$1,010
- DISSECTOR$1,010
- Relay Grafts$982
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$836
- Kerecis SurgiClose$600
- Avalus$530
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$470
- STERNALOCK 360 SYSTEM$421
- Da Vinci Surgical System$417
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$331
How this compares
$168,343 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arkansas.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Little Rock
- Bassam ShukrallahLittle Rock$325K
- Katy MarinoLittle Rock$99K
- Charles ColeLittle Rock$23K
- Karol MudyLittle Rock$21K
- Jason MuesseLittle Rock$20K
- Kristofer FreelandLittle Rock$16K
- Michael NolenLittle Rock$15K
- John StreitmanLittle Rock$14K
- John RansomLittle Rock$12K
- David DeanLittle Rock$8K
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.