Bryan Richards, MD
Otolaryngology · Layton, UTNPI 1780660548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,835 of the $6,372 with a category attached, or 60.2%. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 70.1% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,321, more than ten times the $165 reported in 2019.
Across 133 payments — averaging $47.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$4K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$564
- Sanofi$290
- Optinose US, Inc.$156
- GSK$144
- Medtronic$138
- plus $614 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,53740%
- Food & beverage$3,83560%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 54 | $4,465 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 15 | $564 |
| Sanofi | 14 | $290 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 9 | $156 |
| GSK | 5 | $144 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $138 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $137 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 6 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $81 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $54 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $24 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Smith+Nephew | 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.
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$2,529
- Inspire$1,141
- VIVAER STYLUS$123
How this compares
$6,372 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 104 otolaryngology providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Calcitriol | 13 | $909 |
| Famotidine | 60 | $869 |
| Cefdinir | 23 | $868 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 34 | $865 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 28 | $852 |
| Omeprazole | 59 | $759 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 12 | $378 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 32 | $278 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 16 | $254 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $162 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 16 | $140 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $138 |
| Azithromycin | 24 | $124 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $93 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 23 | $85 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Layton
- John BitnerLayton$177K
- Richard VanleeuwenLayton$2K
- Alexander RamirezLayton$2K
- Robert MellorLayton$2K
- Bryan WilcoxLayton$2K
- Steven MillerSalt Lake City$32K
- Michael WilsonSalt Lake City$16K
- Kevin WilsonDraper$13K
- Jerry SonkensSlc$12K
- Matthew DahlSalt Lake City$12K
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.