Erich Richter, MD
Neurological Surgery · Saginaw, MINPI 1699712273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Novapproach Spine, LLC accounts for 66.6% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,247, more than ten times the $226 reported in 2019.
Across 363 payments — averaging $76.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novapproach Spine, LLC$18K
- Abbott$6K
- Medtronic$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$519
- Nevro Corp.$261
- Si-bone, Inc.$150
- plus $1K from 23 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $57,813 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Novapproach Spine, LLC$231K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,32559%
- Travel & lodging$4,74117%
- Food & beverage$5,72621%
- Education$9623%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novapproach Spine, LLC | 6 | $18,483 |
| Abbott | 261 | $5,943 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 26 | $1,344 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $519 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $261 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $150 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $119 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $106 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $90 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $77 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $58 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $27 |
| Piramal Critical Care | 1 | $23 |
| Stryker | 1 | $23 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $19 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $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.
- OneLIF$18,483
- Proclaim IPG$1,516
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$821
- Axium INS DRG IPG$560
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$149
How this compares
$27,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 256 neurological surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baclofen | 17 | $282 |
| Celecoxib | 13 | $280 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $141 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Saginaw
- Gerald SchellSaginaw$77K
- Frank LamarcaAnn Arbor$4.8M
- Justin SingerGrand Rapids$944K
- Jayant JagannathanTroy$685K
- Timothy SpencerBattle Creek$543K
- Daniel FahimRoyal Oak$525K
- Daniel OrringerAnn Arbor$500K
- Vittorio MorrealeShelby Twp$439K
- Noojan KazemiAnn Arbor$406K
- Azam BasheerDetroit$405K
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.