Samar Novak, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Fayetteville, ARNPI 1114558996
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 150 payments — averaging $17.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$529
- Medtronic$488
- Novartis$289
- Amgen$196
- Penumbra, Inc.$142
- Novo Nordisk$139
- plus $774 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,557100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 38 | $529 |
| Medtronic | 42 | $488 |
| Novartis | 19 | $289 |
| Amgen | 9 | $196 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $139 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $119 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $117 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $103 |
| Merck | 6 | $96 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $45 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 3 | $44 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $33 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Indigo System$142
- CoreValve Evolut$123
How this compares
$2,557 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 697 nurse practitioner 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 | 239 | $214,262 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 147 | $122,905 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 58 | $48,980 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 47 | $31,736 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 26 | $31,717 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 35 | $21,103 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 17 | $17,481 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 19 | $14,798 |
| Dofetilide | 15 | $6,218 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 297 | $5,014 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 63 | $3,241 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 313 | $2,729 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 123 | $2,560 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 27 | $1,933 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 182 | $1,676 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $529 | $214,262239 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $289 | $122,905147 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $119 | $52,83982 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $45 | $48,98058 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $33 | $31,71726 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 697 nurse practitioner providers in Arkansas.
Other nurse practitioner in Fayetteville
- Elizabeth BurnsFayetteville$9K
- Heather HutchisonFayetteville$6K
- Taylor MarshallFayetteville$6K
- Merideth HanksRogers$157K
- Angela JonesJonesboro$90K
- Tiffany McConathyHot Springs$54K
- Brenna FitzgeraldNorth Little Rock$46K
- Iris KennedyLittle Rock$22K
- Virginia LaliberteHot Springs$21K
- Julia PonderLittle Rock$21K
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.