David Rice
General Practice · East Amherst, NYNPI 1811182991
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $936,968 of the $1,204,297 with a category attached, or 77.8%. Patterson Companies, Inc. accounts for 67.5% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $310,758 and has fallen 90.3% since, to $30,119 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 151 payments — averaging $7975.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$812K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$200K
- Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC$170K
- Align Technology, Inc.$9K
- Whip Mix Corporation$6K
- Garrison Dental Solutions$3K
- plus $4K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$252,50021%
- Speaking & faculty fees$936,96878%
- Travel & lodging$1,1660%
- Food & beverage$7,2731%
- Education$5950%
- Gifts$5,7940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 15 | $812,311 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 90 | $200,149 |
| Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC | 22 | $170,062 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 3 | $9,040 |
| Whip Mix Corporation | 1 | $6,150 |
| Garrison Dental Solutions | 1 | $2,840 |
| GC America Inc. | 3 | $2,621 |
| Clinician's Choice Dental Products Inc. | 1 | $750 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $95 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 2 | $64 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 3 | $63 |
| Shofu Dental Corp | 1 | $57 |
| 3M Company | 3 | $50 |
| Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 2 | $16 |
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.
- Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co., LLC$45,000
- Invisalign$9,000
- MI Paste$2,500
- EQUIA$2,500
- G-aenial$2,500
- Variolink Esthetic DC System Kit with Adhese Universal Bottle, OptraGloss Assort$1,391
- Variolink Esthetic LC HV Ref. 1x2g Neutral, Variolink Esthetic LC HV Ref. 1x2g L$640
- Virtual XD Putty Refill - Fast Set, Virtual XD Refill Light F 2x50 ml, Telio CS $558
- Telio CS C&B Refill A2, Cervitec Plus Single Dose Assortment/20$340
How this compares
$1,204,297 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,764 general practice providers in New York.
Other general practice in East Amherst
- Bridget SweeneyEast Amherst$17K
- Mark HochmanHicksville$5.1M
- Brian JacksonUtica$477K
- Ronnie MyersNew York$464K
- Ira LangsteinWhite Plains$422K
- Benedict MiragliaMount Kisco$378K
- Michael MashaalRoslyn$262K
- Michael DanielakBuffalo$197K
- William RomeroDix Hills$197K
- Alejandra Gonzalez-DuarteNew York$183K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.