Robert Fricke, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, ARNPI 1821431677
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 29 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Inari Medical, Inc. accounts for 60.8% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $906 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $115 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology 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 29 payments — averaging $54.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$960
- Terumo Medical Corporation$291
- Medtronic$90
- Sirtex Medical Inc$83
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$48
- BD$38
- plus $68 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,579100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 12 | $960 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $291 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $90 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 4 | $83 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| BD | 1 | $38 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
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
$1,579 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 240 diagnostic radiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $150 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $138 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 17 | $120 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other diagnostic radiology in Little Rock
- Stacy Smith-FoleyLittle Rock$106K
- Harika TirumaniLittle Rock$98K
- Steven DunnaganLittle Rock$25K
- Raja ShaikhLittle Rock$11K
- Zachary LambertsenLittle Rock$6K
- Rahul JadhavLittle Rock$5K
- Satya PatroLittle Rock$5K
- Sumit ShahLittle Rock$3K
- Matthew McCraryLittle Rock$2K
- Mudassar KamranLittle Rock$2K
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.