Thurman Smith, PA
Medical · Fayetteville, ARNPI 1851723019
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,138 of the $8,136 with a category attached, or 63.2%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. at 36.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,896, 4.9 times the $1,002 reported in 2021. Among medical clinicians in AR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 96 payments — averaging $84.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Vertex$49
- KCI USA, Inc.$43
- plus $61 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,13863%
- Food & beverage$2,99837%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 33 | $2,969 |
| Medtronic | 31 | $2,056 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 11 | $1,636 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $1,322 |
| Vertex | 2 | $49 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Evoke$2,290
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,128
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,111
- IOVERA SYSTEM$856
- Iovera$651
- INCEPTIV$109
How this compares
$8,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 133 medical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 229 | $2,280 |
| Lidocaine | 16 | $1,649 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 162 | $898 |
| Pregabalin | 40 | $873 |
| Meloxicam | 173 | $523 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 53 | $438 |
| Baclofen | 74 | $351 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 21 | $308 |
| Methocarbamol | 21 | $199 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 20 | $138 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 20 | $88 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $84 |
| Naproxen | 26 | $74 |
| Diazepam | 23 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical in Fayetteville
- Jesse StaffordFayetteville$5K
- John McCormickFayetteville$4K
- Sherrie MontellanoFayetteville$3K
- Benjamin SextonFayetteville$3K
- Matthew ReynoldsRussellville$207K
- Tara BrunerSearcy$16K
- Dallas BondhusHot Springs$15K
- Douglas ClarkLittle Rock$14K
- Alexandra SanromaLittle Rock$11K
- Caleb MasonSearcy$9K
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.