Sara Pinkerton
Physician Assistant · Little Rock, ARNPI 1558093393
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.1% of the total across 147 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 26.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,759 and has fallen 89.3% since, to $401 in 2025.
Across 147 payments — averaging $28.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Corcept Therapeutics$467
- Lilly USA, LLC$345
- Boston Scientific$342
- Novo Nordisk$253
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$241
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$281%
- Food & beverage$4,18399%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 22 | $1,101 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 20 | $467 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 20 | $345 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $342 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $253 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 11 | $241 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $195 |
| Novartis | 6 | $190 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $172 |
| Amgen | 10 | $134 |
| Insulet Corporation | 2 | $120 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $100 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Bayer | 6 | $91 |
| Cequr Corporation | 2 | $76 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $48 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- MINIMED 780G$696
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$147
- Intracept$137
- Korlym$122
- JARDIANCE$115
How this compares
$4,223 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 451 physician assistant providers in Arkansas.
Other physician assistant in Little Rock
- Katherine RossLittle Rock$44K
- Timothy BookerLittle Rock$13K
- Katlyn McClureLittle Rock$9K
- Aaron ParsleyLittle Rock$9K
- Payton WilliamsLittle Rock$8K
- Chelsea NeweyLittle Rock$8K
- Gregory BellLittle Rock$8K
- Alissa HubertyLittle Rock$8K
- Hailey ArensLittle Rock$8K
- Elizabeth TurbevilleLittle Rock$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.