Reza Shahim, MD
Neurological Surgery · North Little Rock, ARNPI 1033189857
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $9,557 of the $14,972 with a category attached, or 63.8%. Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. accounts for 63.8% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $9,791 and has fallen 84.4% since, to $1,523 in 2025.
Across 58 payments — averaging $258.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$10K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$897
- Cerapedics Inc.$825
- Nevro Corp.$537
- Stryker$335
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,41536%
- Gifts$9,55764%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $9,557 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $1,176 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 7 | $897 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 6 | $825 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $537 |
| Stryker | 5 | $335 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $297 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $260 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 3 | $238 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $220 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 1 | $198 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| GS Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Abbott | 1 | $40 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Kinex Medical Company LLC | 1 | $9 |
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.
- TIVATO 700$9,557
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$745
- Omnia$391
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$382
- Senza$332
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$257
- Varilift$198
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$171
- aprevo$170
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$150
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$142
- STRYKER NAV3I$123
- CAVUX Cervical Cage$116
- DTRAX Spinal System$116
- ALLY Bone Screw$116
- BIOLOGIX Allograft Bone$116
How this compares
$14,972 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 64 neurological surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 98 | $609 |
| Methylprednisolone | 80 | $559 |
| Pregabalin | 23 | $511 |
| Cephalexin | 28 | $271 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $218 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 34 | $218 |
| Meloxicam | 52 | $216 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $209 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $121 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $60 |
| Diazepam | 21 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in North Little Rock
- Fred JordanNorth Little Rock$32K
- James CalhounNorth Little Rock$27K
- James AdametzNorth Little Rock$6K
- Robert IngrahamNorth Little Rock$2K
- Saman FarrNorth Little Rock$1K
- James MasonNorth Little Rock$432
- Erika PetersenLittle Rock$663K
- James BlankenshipFayetteville$217K
- Keith NorvillHot Springs$91K
- Muhammad KandelHot Springs$76K
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.