Sudarone Thihalolipavan, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Little Rock, ARNPI 1528220050
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.8%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 40 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 49.5% of the total.
Across 940 payments — averaging $81.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$38K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$12K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$10K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$6K
- AOP Health US, LLC$1K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1K
- plus $8K from 34 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $32,094 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$931K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,36325%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,44323%
- Travel & lodging$4,8726%
- Food & beverage$35,21646%
- Education$50%
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.
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.
- OPTIMIZER$16,352
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$10,485
- LifeVest$5,392
- Carto 3$5,308
- ENSITE PRECISION$3,770
- ACCENT$2,750
- Rapiblyk$2,620
- ENSITE$2,617
- AVEIR$2,522
- Advisor Catheter$2,363
- ViewMate Intracardiac Echo$2,351
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$1,000
- AMPLATZER AMULET$947
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$937
- Confirm Rx$755
- Micra$417
- QUADRA ASSURA$328
- Barostim Neo System$287
- remede System$283
- Watchman$282
How this compares
$76,897 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 25 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arkansas.
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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 | 183 | $198,931 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 101 | $114,279 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 56 | $76,156 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 38 | $52,770 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 32 | $38,250 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $16,065 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 348 | $3,696 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 18 | $2,382 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 143 | $2,194 |
| Carvedilol | 150 | $1,366 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 21 | $1,208 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 113 | $1,159 |
| Losartan Potassium | 141 | $1,128 |
| Fludrocortisone Acetate | 31 | $1,036 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 26 | $983 |
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 | $251 | $198,931183 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $769 | $114,279101 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $205 | $76,15656 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $75 | $52,77038 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $423 | $38,25032 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $347 | $16,06511 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 25 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arkansas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Little Rock
- Monica LoLittle Rock$190K
- Prabhat HebbarLittle Rock$75K
- Gerald GreerLittle Rock$41K
- Risheek KaulLittle Rock$38K
- Michael LoguidiceLittle Rock$29K
- Breck SandvallLittle Rock$23K
- Brian NorrisLittle Rock$18K
- Thomas WallaceLittle Rock$14K
- Subodh DevabhaktuniLittle Rock$9K
- van de BruynLittle Rock$7K
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.