Teddy Shields, DO
Interventional Pain Medicine · Batesville, ARNPI 1972666147
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.4% of the total across 82 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in AR, where the typical reported total is $3,706.
Across 82 payments — averaging $29.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$921
- Boston Scientific$608
- AbbVie$253
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$140
- Stryker$93
- Si-bone, Inc.$60
- plus $322 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1828%
- Food & beverage$2,21692%
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 | 26 | $921 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $608 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $253 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $140 |
| Stryker | 2 | $93 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $44 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $26 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Novo Nordisk | 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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$149
- Intracept$137
How this compares
$2,398 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 29 interventional pain medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 2,415 | $71,695 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 1,706 | $52,541 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 696 | $11,184 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 104 | $5,653 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 141 | $4,628 |
| Gabapentin | 279 | $4,252 |
| Pregabalin | 226 | $4,014 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 192 | $3,511 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 48 | $3,166 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $2,594 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 203 | $1,726 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 193 | $1,499 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 49 | $1,428 |
| Celecoxib | 53 | $1,418 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 58 | $1,254 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Batesville
- Meraj SiddiquiBatesville$4K
- John LarsonBatesville$1K
- Raja Hassan ImtiazBatesville$750
- Todd BesselievreBatesville$313
- Samuel TurnerBatesville$94
- Sameer JainBryant$56K
- Ryan KrafftMountain Home$51K
- Robert CannonFayetteville$15K
- Amir QureshiLittle Rock$14K
- Brett WhatcottFort Smith$10K
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.