Frank Rutigliano
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Lexington, KYNPI 1477916484
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,226 of the $7,270 with a category attached, or 71.9%. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 29.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,663 and has fallen 52.5% since, to $1,265 in 2025.
Across 253 payments — averaging $28.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- AbbVie$679
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$621
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$373
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$294
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,04414%
- Food & beverage$5,22672%
- Education$1,00014%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $2,161 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 49 | $1,116 |
| AbbVie | 31 | $679 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 34 | $621 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $373 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 17 | $294 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 21 | $276 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 12 | $237 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $181 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $157 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $144 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $143 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $125 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $125 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Gilead | 3 | $64 |
| Merck | 3 | $60 |
| Amgen | 3 | $49 |
| Medela LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $21 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,025
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Tremfya$245
- Skyrizi$137
- STELARA$112
- AQUACEL Ag Extra$105
How this compares
$7,270 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 28 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mesalamine | 13 | $4,217 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 34 | $3,491 |
| Budesonide EcBudesonide | 15 | $868 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 12 | $771 |
| Pyridostigmine Bromide | 13 | $755 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 52 | $294 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 53 | $234 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 13 | $217 |
| Metronidazole | 59 | $214 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 12 | $173 |
| Methocarbamol | 25 | $165 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $101 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $50 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $44 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Lexington
- Alfred CohenLexington$76K
- Jennifer ReaLexington$29K
- Bruce BelinLexington$19K
- John DvorakLexington$13K
- Jitesh PatelLexington$12K
- Charles PappLexington$9K
- David SvetichLexington$8K
- Sandra BeckLexington$6K
- Jon HouriganLexington$4K
- Avinash BhaktaLexington$2K
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.