Shailendra Singh
Rheumatology · Searcy, ARNPI 1750520300
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by UCB, Inc. at 50.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $51,608, more than ten times the $4,403 reported in 2019. Among rheumatology clinicians in AR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 753 payments — averaging $88.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$34K
- Amgen$24K
- Hoffmann-la Roche Limited$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- UCB SA$1K
- plus $4K from 23 others
Across 32 payments — averaging $5894.78 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$110K
- Genentech, Inc.$59K
- UCB SA$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,26021%
- Speaking & faculty fees$29,77044%
- Travel & lodging$8,82013%
- Food & beverage$13,81721%
- Education$2550%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 171 | $33,963 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 201 | $23,912 |
| Hoffmann-la Roche Limited | 3 | $1,470 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 81 | $1,406 |
| AbbVie | 65 | $1,014 |
| UCB SA | 7 | $1,008 |
| GSK | 63 | $932 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 34 | $651 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 31 | $521 |
| Novartis | 23 | $457 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $347 |
| Organon | 8 | $145 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 7 | $129 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $119 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $94 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $82 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $77 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 4 | $66 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $64 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $52 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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
$66,922 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 48 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 57 | $407,035 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 26 | $183,890 |
| XeljanzTofacitinib Citrate | 12 | $99,724 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 17 | $83,636 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 157 | $6,325 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 50 | $5,916 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 196 | $5,087 |
| Colchicine | 66 | $3,570 |
| Azathioprine | 51 | $1,635 |
| Celecoxib | 17 | $1,515 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 63 | $1,421 |
| Leucovorin Calcium | 11 | $1,241 |
| Sulfasalazine | 42 | $1,023 |
| Prednisone | 74 | $479 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $438 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerXeljanz | $347 | $99,72412 claims |
| AmgenOtezla | $23,912 | $83,63617 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 95th percentile of 48 rheumatology providers in Arkansas.
Other rheumatology in Searcy
- Russell BranumFort Smith$102K
- Cummins LueLittle Rock$76K
- Christopher SonntagFayetteville$32K
- Jasen ChiLittle Rock$30K
- Richard HoukLittle Rock$25K
- Noha MohamedConway$19K
- Columbus BrownLittle Rock$18K
- David PetrosFayetteville$17K
- Renee Peterkin-MccalmanLittle Rock$16K
- Song ZangFort Smith$15K
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.