Thomas Arnold, MD
Emergency Medicine · Shreveport, LANPI 1740206614
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $40,975 of the $48,264 with a category attached, or 84.9%. BTG International Inc. accounts for 92.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $26,653 and has fallen 96.2% since, to $1,012 in 2025. Among emergency medicine clinicians in LA 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 62 payments — averaging $778.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- BTG International Inc.$45K
- Merck$3K
- Ceribell, Inc.$233
- AbbVie$216
- AstraZeneca$90
- Boston Scientific$24
- plus $18 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,1657%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,97585%
- Travel & lodging$2,5355%
- Food & beverage$1,5893%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BTG International Inc. | 34 | $44,517 |
| Merck | 8 | $3,165 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $233 |
| AbbVie | 15 | $216 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $90 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- CROFAB$44,015
- POCKET EEG DEVICE$233
How this compares
$48,264 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 881 emergency medicine providers in Louisiana.
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.
Other emergency medicine in Shreveport
- Fred WillisShreveport$427K
- Bryant BoydShreveport$83K
- Angela CorneliusShreveport$2K
- Stacey HendersonShreveport$1K
- Nathaniel MattisonShreveport$1K
- Roy BrandhurstShreveport$1K
- Liza ByrdShreveport$978
- Mary EdensShreveport$883
- Brian RobertsShreveport$792
- Brian DossShreveport$753
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.