Payment overview · 2025
General Payments
21 reported records · 7 companies
Healthcare provider profile · identity verified
Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers|Physician Assistant · JONESBORO, AR · NPI 1255506838
Verified facts
CMS Open Payments records show Charles Thomas Rigsbee, CRNA received $770.71 in general payments during 2025 across 21 reported records.
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounted for 52.9% of that reported general-payment amount.
The Open Payments records used for this analysis explicitly named 13 associated products.
These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.
Payment overview · 2025
21 reported records · 7 companies
Separate record types
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?
| Reported company | Canonical company | Amount | Share | Records | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $407.39 | 52.9% | 14 | 2025 |
| Abbott Laboratories | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $136.12 | 17.7% | 1 | 2025 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $127.22 | 16.5% | 1 | 2025 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $38.40 | 5.0% | 2 | 2025 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $31.81 | 4.1% | 1 | 2025 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $24.40 | 3.2% | 1 | 2025 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $5.37 | 0.7% | 1 | 2025 |
What were the payments for?
| Category | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $770.71 | 21 |
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
| Reported product | Type | Reported company | Related amount* | Records | Year |
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| GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis Normalized: gore excluder thoracoabdominal branch endoprosthesis |
Device | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $187.58 | 1 | 2025 |
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| ESPRIT Normalized: esprit |
Device | Abbott Laboratories | $136.12 | 1 | 2025 |
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| TEG6S HEMOSTASIS SYSTEM Normalized: teg6s hemostasis system |
Device | Haemonetics Corporation | $127.22 | 1 | 2025 |
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| GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft Normalized: gore propaten vascular graft |
Device | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $75.17 | 4 | 2025 |
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| GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo Normalized: gore viabahn vbx balloon expandable endo |
Device | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $46.39 | 3 | 2025 |
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| GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin Normalized: gore viabahn endoprosthesis with heparin |
Device | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $46.35 | 3 | 2025 |
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| BRIDION Normalized: bridion |
Drug | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $38.40 | 2 | 2025 |
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| Exparel Normalized: exparel |
Drug | Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $31.81 | 1 | 2025 |
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| SWAN-GANZ Normalized: swan ganz |
Device | Becton, Dickinson and Company | $24.40 | 1 | 2025 |
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| PROPATEN Bioactive Surface Normalized: propaten bioactive surface |
Device | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $23.49 | 1 | 2025 |
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| VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with PROPATEN Bioactive Surface Normalized: viabahn endoprosthesis with propaten bioactive surface |
Device | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $20.91 | 1 | 2025 |
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| GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis Normalized: gore tag conformable thoracic endoprosthesis |
Device | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $7.50 | 1 | 2025 |
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| ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System Normalized: enroute transcarotid neuroprotection system |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $5.37 | 1 | 2025 |
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* Product-associated amounts are non-additive because one payment record may name more than one product.
These products were named on specific Open Payments records. A named product does not show that the payment influenced treatment or prescribing.
No exact normalized or approved-alias overlap was found in the loaded Part D year. This does not mean the doctor never prescribed the product.
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
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.
No publishable same-company prescribing overlap was found in the loaded Part D year. This does not mean the doctor never prescribed a drug reported elsewhere by a paying company.
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.
Timeline
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 |
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| 2025 | $770.71 · 21 records | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | BRIDION, ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System, ESPRIT, Exparel, GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis, GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft, GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis, GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin, GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo, PROPATEN Bioactive Surface, SWAN-GANZ, TEG6S HEMOSTASIS SYSTEM, VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with PROPATEN Bioactive Surface | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | Complete |
Questions to ask
These are general questions generated from reviewed templates. They are not personalized medical advice.
Sources and limitations
| 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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