David Richards, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Nashua, NHNPI 1114907508
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $97,213 of the $121,804 with a category attached, or 79.8%. Arthrex accounts for 98.8% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $46,931, 3.9 times the $12,017 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in NH 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 221 payments — averaging $551.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$120K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$1K
- Smith+Nephew$93
- Bioventus LLC$40
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4250%
- Speaking & faculty fees$97,21380%
- Travel & lodging$20,00316%
- Food & beverage$3,8643%
- Education$3000%
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 | 213 | $120,337 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 4 | $1,334 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $93 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $40 |
How this compares
$121,804 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 141 orthopaedic surgery providers in New Hampshire.
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.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Nashua
- Christian KlareNashua$88K
- Matthew WilkeningNashua$79K
- Thomas FortneyNashua$54K
- Peter EyvazzadehNashua$19K
- Anand PadmanabhaNashua$16K
- Bryan BeanNashua$11K
- Andrew GarberNashua$9K
- Jason SmoakNashua$8K
- James BargerNashua$7K
- Daniel BouvierNashua$5K
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.