William Dudding
Family Medicine · Fort Smith, ARNPI 1679592604
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 198 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,567 and has fallen 73.4% since, to $417 in 2022.
Across 198 payments — averaging $18.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$580
- Amgen$526
- GSK$478
- Novo Nordisk$378
- Pfizer$212
- AstraZeneca$196
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,63099%
- Education$301%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 44 | $580 |
| Amgen | 18 | $526 |
| GSK | 17 | $478 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $378 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $212 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $196 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $170 |
| Bayer | 3 | $159 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $157 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Novartis | 6 | $99 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $88 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $75 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $66 |
| Merck | 4 | $61 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $37 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Eisai Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$3,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,347 family medicine providers in Arkansas.
Other family medicine in Fort Smith
- Glenn GibbonsFort Smith$179K
- Allen BeachyFort Smith$21K
- Michael CallawayFort Smith$15K
- Luc BalisFort Smith$10K
- Hetal PatelParagould$147K
- David GersonSherwood$119K
- Scott MusickBentonville$102K
- Broderick EatonWynne$49K
- Craig LevoyBentonville$30K
- Hunter CarringtonHot Springs$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.