Richard Dellinger, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Little Rock, ARNPI 1407814940
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 69 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 35.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $394 and has fallen 83.9% since, to $63 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in AR, where the typical reported total is $2,601.
Across 69 payments — averaging $24.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$604
- Nevro Corp.$350
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$156
- Paragon 28, Inc.$146
- Smith+Nephew$74
- Progenacare Global, LLC$48
- plus $335 from 14 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $4355.76 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Ipsen Innovation$19K
- Amgen$11K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,713100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 30 | $604 |
| Nevro Corp. | 13 | $350 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $156 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $74 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $35 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$1,713 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 35 foot & ankle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terbinafine Hcl | 79 | $621 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 16 | $217 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $181 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | $56 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Little Rock
- Gregory ArdoinLittle Rock$101K
- Derrick HenryLittle Rock$18K
- Robert MartinLittle Rock$8K
- Cody GaupelLittle Rock$4K
- Sean ParhamLittle Rock$3K
- Ruth ThomasLittle Rock$100
- Frederick DaySpringdale$83K
- Tyler McKeeFort Smith$64K
- Kenneth SeiterFort Smith$46K
- Jason PleimannFayetteville$38K
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.