Payment overview · 2025
General Payments
$69.67
1 reported records · 1 companies
Healthcare provider profile · identity verified
Starla Lynnette Smith, NP
Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers|Nurse Practitioner|Family · YELLVILLE, AR · NPI 1013563493
Verified facts
What the public records show
CMS Open Payments records show Starla Lynnette Smith, NP received $69.67 in general payments during 2025 across 1 reported records.
ABBVIE INC. accounted for 100.0% of that reported general-payment amount.
ABBVIE INC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported ARMOUR THYROID as an associated drug or biological on 50 records involving 11 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 11 claims for Armour Thyroid by this doctor in 2024.
These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.
Separate record types
Research & Ownership
Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data
Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data
Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data
These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.
Who paid this doctor?
Companies in 2025 General Payments
| Reported company | Canonical company | Amount | Share | Records | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBVIE INC. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $69.67 | 100.0% | 1 | 2025 |
What were the payments for?
Payment categories
| Category | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $69.67 | 1 |
A meal, consulting fee, royalty, and travel payment describe different kinds of reported relationships and should not be interpreted as equivalent.
Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products
Products named in Open Payments records
Payment records were found, but the reported records did not identify a specific associated product for this analysis.
Public prescribing for products named in payments
There is no explicit payment-product set available for a Part D comparison.
The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.
Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap
Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D
This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.
| Paying company | Payment year | Drug reported by same entity | Open Payments evidence | Part D | Claims | Beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBVIE INC. Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference |
2025 | ARMOUR THYROID open payments reported associated product |
CMS Open Payments — General Payments 50 supporting records · 11 recipient NPIs · example record 1201517088 |
Armour Thyroid · 2024 Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row |
11 | suppressed by CMS |
These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.
Public Medicare Part D data
Provider-and-drug rows loaded for 2024
| Brand | Generic | Claims | Beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | Rosuvastatin Calcium | 160 | 43 |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 158 | 38 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 140 | 43 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | Tizanidine Hcl | 122 | 45 |
| Omeprazole | Omeprazole | 121 | 37 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 114 | 35 |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 107 | 28 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | Albuterol Sulfate | 104 | 47 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 102 | 21 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 94 | 29 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 90 | 28 |
| Metformin Hcl | Metformin Hcl | 81 | 20 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | Tamsulosin Hcl | 64 | 13 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 63 | 51 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | Diclofenac Sodium | 63 | 26 |
| Prednisone | Prednisone | 61 | 47 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | Fluticasone Propionate | 51 | 24 |
| Buspirone Hcl | Buspirone Hcl | 49 | 16 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | Acetaminophen With Codeine | 47 | suppressed |
| Potassium Chloride | Potassium Chloride | 45 | 14 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 44 | 16 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | Hydrochlorothiazide | 43 | 12 |
| Trelegy Ellipta | Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 42 | 15 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | Metoprolol Succinate | 41 | 13 |
| Clopidogrel | Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 40 | 12 |
| Trulicity | Dulaglutide | 36 | suppressed |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | Fluoxetine Hcl | 35 | suppressed |
| Ozempic | Semaglutide | 35 | suppressed |
| Topiramate | Topiramate | 35 | 15 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | Doxycycline Hyclate | 33 | 31 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | Metoprolol Tartrate | 33 | 12 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | Ropinirole Hcl | 33 | suppressed |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | Amitriptyline Hcl | 32 | suppressed |
| Carvedilol | Carvedilol | 31 | suppressed |
| Jardiance | Empagliflozin | 31 | suppressed |
| Citalopram Hbr | Citalopram Hydrobromide | 30 | suppressed |
| Meloxicam | Meloxicam | 30 | suppressed |
| Trazodone Hcl | Trazodone Hcl | 30 | suppressed |
| Breztri Aerosphere | Budesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 29 | 12 |
| Simvastatin | Simvastatin | 29 | suppressed |
| Ibuprofen | Ibuprofen | 27 | suppressed |
| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 27 | suppressed |
| Montelukast Sodium | Montelukast Sodium | 24 | suppressed |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | Zolpidem Tartrate | 24 | suppressed |
| Azelastine Hcl | Azelastine Hcl | 22 | 13 |
| Glimepiride | Glimepiride | 22 | suppressed |
| Glipizide | Glipizide | 22 | suppressed |
| Breo Ellipta | Fluticasone/Vilanterol | 21 | suppressed |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 20 | 15 |
| Lantus Solostar | Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 20 | suppressed |
| Nifedipine Er | Nifedipine | 20 | suppressed |
| Venlafaxine Hcl Er | Venlafaxine Hcl | 20 | suppressed |
| Eliquis | Apixaban | 19 | suppressed |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | Escitalopram Oxalate | 19 | suppressed |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | Hydroxyzine Hcl | 19 | suppressed |
| Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide | Lisinopril/Hydrochlorothiazide | 19 | suppressed |
| Xarelto | Rivaroxaban | 19 | suppressed |
| Allopurinol | Allopurinol | 18 | suppressed |
| Fluconazole | Fluconazole | 18 | 16 |
| Alendronate Sodium | Alendronate Sodium | 17 | suppressed |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | suppressed |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | Triamcinolone Acetonide | 17 | suppressed |
| Alprazolam | Alprazolam | 16 | suppressed |
| Atenolol | Atenolol | 16 | suppressed |
| Ibu | Ibuprofen | 15 | suppressed |
| Januvia | Sitagliptin Phosphate | 15 | suppressed |
| Spironolactone | Spironolactone | 15 | suppressed |
| Cefuroxime | Cefuroxime Axetil | 14 | 12 |
| Farxiga | Dapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | suppressed |
| Metformin Hcl Er | Metformin Hcl | 14 | suppressed |
| Famotidine | Famotidine | 13 | suppressed |
| Oxybutynin Chloride Er | Oxybutynin Chloride | 13 | suppressed |
| Pregabalin | Pregabalin | 13 | suppressed |
| Ezetimibe | Ezetimibe | 12 | suppressed |
| Nitroglycerin | Nitroglycerin | 12 | suppressed |
| Propranolol Hcl | Propranolol Hcl | 12 | suppressed |
| Armour Thyroid | Thyroid,pork | 11 | suppressed |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | Esomeprazole Magnesium | 11 | suppressed |
| Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide | Losartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | suppressed |
| Nystatin | Nystatin | 11 | suppressed |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | Olmesartan Medoxomil | 11 | suppressed |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | suppressed |
Timeline
Payment and prescribing data by year
Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.
| Year | General Payments | Main payer | Explicit products | Company overlaps | Part D coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $69.67 · 1 records | ABBVIE INC. | — | 1 | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | Complete |
Questions to ask
Questions you could discuss with your doctor
- How do you evaluate evidence when you have a financial relationship with ABBVIE INC.?
- Are there reasonable alternatives I should understand when we discuss treatment options?
- How should I interpret the industry-payment records shown here in the context of my care?
These are general questions generated from reviewed templates. They are not personalized medical advice.
Sources and limitations
How to read this page
- Payment and Medicare prescribing data can cover different years; every comparison shows both years explicitly.
- Part D does not represent a doctor’s entire practice; it excludes many patients and is subject to CMS public-release thresholds.
- Company–drug relationships must have an auditable source, a precise relationship type, and a valid evidence period. Unresolved mappings are not published.
- Generic drug claims are not attributed to a specific manufacturer without manufacturer-level evidence.
- When a source extract is incomplete, missing rows are never treated as proof of no payments or no prescriptions.
Loaded source releases
| Dataset | Year | Publication | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS Open Payments — General Payments | 2025 | 2026-06-30 | Original source |
| Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug | 2024 | 2026-05-06 | Original source |
| NPPES Data Dissemination V2 | current / reference data | 2026-08-10 | Original source |
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