Richard Hinkle, MD
Internal Medicine · Fort Smith, ARNPI 1346238441
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 249 payments — averaging $16.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$616
- Lilly USA, LLC$535
- Pfizer$514
- Amgen$494
- Bayer$203
- AstraZeneca$169
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,040100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 34 | $616 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 39 | $535 |
| Pfizer | 30 | $514 |
| Amgen | 32 | $494 |
| Bayer | 14 | $203 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $169 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $106 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $102 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $101 |
| GSK | 6 | $90 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $70 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $54 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 3 | $47 |
| Merck | 3 | $47 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Insulet Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $39 |
| Novartis | 2 | $39 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $34 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $27 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $25 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $22 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $21 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $8 |
How this compares
$4,040 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 614 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 58 | $52,227 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 54 | $47,238 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 31 | $39,150 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 31 | $37,377 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 26 | $26,910 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 29 | $23,532 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 21 | $18,900 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 11 | $16,660 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 24 | $12,620 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 17 | $11,224 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 16 | $10,721 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 13 | $6,070 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 23 | $5,320 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 21 | $5,079 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 12 | $4,805 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $535 | $66,06057 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $514 | $52,22758 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $102 | $47,23854 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $616 | $37,37731 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $90 | $29,77546 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $106 | $23,53229 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $111 | $19,35942 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Symbicort | $169 | $16,04139 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $22 | $11,22417 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 85th percentile of 614 internal medicine providers in Arkansas.
Other internal medicine in Fort Smith
- Tyree SealsFort Smith$14K
- Hubert LandersFort Smith$7K
- Brent ReevesFort Smith$6K
- Beena SyedFort Smith$6K
- Kendall WagnerFort Smith$6K
- Sumer PhillipsFort Smith$6K
- Becky YarboroughFort Smith$6K
- Priyantha WijewardaneLittle Rock$43.6M
- Joseph RoseLittle Rock$1.1M
- David JohnsonSearcy$630K
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.