Daniel Richards, DO
Sports Medicine · West Valley City, UTNPI 1649455403
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Conformis, Inc. at 31.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $528 and has fallen 52.2% since, to $253 in 2024.
Across 31 payments — averaging $46.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conformis, Inc.$449
- Medacta USA, Inc.$418
- Zimmer Biomet$178
- Stryker$129
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$46
- Smith+Nephew$41
- plus $171 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$59141%
- Food & beverage$66847%
- Education$15411%
- Other$191%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conformis, Inc. | 9 | $449 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $418 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $178 |
| Stryker | 4 | $129 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $41 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AMISTEM$361
- GMK SPHERE$361
- Hip$304
- iTotal, Identity CR$304
- Persona$154
How this compares
$1,432 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 83 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 27 | $380 |
| Ibuprofen | 25 | $374 |
| Meloxicam | 29 | $142 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $136 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 21 | $131 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in West Valley City
- Thomas RosenbergPark City$5.5M
- Charles BeckDraper$157K
- Colby BarberSt George$61K
- Philip DavidsonPark City$60K
- Sean DavisOgden$60K
- Trevor SheltonProvo$43K
- Gary EdwardsLehi$39K
- Seth CopeWest Point$27K
- Kade LymanMonticello$26K
- David RowleyNorth Logan$23K
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.