Thomas Roberts, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Conway, ARNPI 1508858036
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (59.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. at 59.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,098 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $29 in 2025.
Across 78 payments — averaging $133.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$6K
- Arthrex$4K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$72
- Baudax Bio Inc.$54
- Smith+Nephew$53
- Vertex$43
- plus $164 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,74126%
- Food & beverage$1,49714%
- Education$6,19759%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 8 | $6,232 |
| Arthrex | 50 | $3,817 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $72 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $53 |
| Vertex | 2 | $43 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Kinex Medical Company LLC | 1 | $5 |
How this compares
$10,435 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 168 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Potassium | 80 | $2,036 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $195 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $147 |
| Meloxicam | 49 | $136 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $106 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 26 | $82 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Conway
- Jordan WaltersConway$45K
- Brent LawrenceConway$14K
- Bryan HeadConway$11K
- James HeadConway$8K
- Grant BennettConway$5K
- Benjamin StronachLittle Rock$2.5M
- Charles BarnesLittle Rock$2.1M
- Kenneth MartinLittle Rock$322K
- Wesley CoxFayetteville$309K
- William HefleyNorth Little Rock$306K
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.