David Richards, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bowling Green, KYNPI 1982607602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.5%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 60.2% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $14,797 and has fallen 78.5% since, to $3,188 in 2025.
Across 326 payments — averaging $136.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$27K
- Stryker$8K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Music City Medical Technologies, LLC$969
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$368
- plus $879 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,00018%
- Travel & lodging$15,76135%
- Food & beverage$12,55528%
- Education$8,09418%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 152 | $26,754 |
| Stryker | 89 | $7,905 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 33 | $5,925 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $1,610 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 11 | $969 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 3 | $368 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $316 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $199 |
| Amgen | 12 | $196 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
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.
- TRIATHLON$1,313
- TRITANIUM$1,117
- MAKOPLASTY$905
- GLOBAL$890
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$858
- REUNION$752
- GRYPHON$557
- HEALIX$557
- RIGIDLOOP$557
- MAKO$277
- CellerateRx$199
- TRIDENT$125
How this compares
$44,410 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 131 | $4,875 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 195 | $2,307 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 166 | $1,227 |
| Celecoxib | 37 | $1,055 |
| Meloxicam | 193 | $713 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 89 | $504 |
| Nabumetone | 23 | $314 |
| Naproxen | 14 | $225 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 17 | $138 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $108 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $98 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 38 | $75 |
| Mupirocin | 15 | $75 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $68 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bowling Green
- Phillip SingerBowling Green$816K
- Caleb DavisBowling Green$43K
- Arthur MalkaniLouisville$9.6M
- Jonathan YerasimidesLouisville$4.3M
- John LewisLouisville$1.5M
- Akbar NawabLouisville$1M
- Samer HasanCrestview Hills$976K
- Brent MorrisLexington$815K
- Joseph GreeneLouisville$581K
- Raymond GreiweFlorence$546K
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.