Frederick Tiencken
Medical · Ridgewood, NJNPI 1396053617
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Boston Scientific accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among medical clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 99 payments — averaging $56.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$234
- Stryker$134
- Nevro Corp.$101
- Livanova USA, Inc.$56
- plus $52 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,36542%
- Food & beverage$3,20958%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 65 | $3,799 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,198 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $234 |
| Stryker | 6 | $134 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $101 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$951
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$645
- GENERAL DBS$391
- INFINITY$356
- VERCISE$241
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$133
How this compares
$5,574 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 573 medical providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $119 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $84 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $50 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical in Ridgewood
- Shannon WelnerVerona$176K
- Christinna DelgenioColts Neck$114K
- Anita FoxVerona$17K
- Therese CasasKinnelon$16K
- Joseph CollettiLinwood$16K
- Melissa MiaoKearny$14K
- Gabriela Plesek-AndiaVerona$13K
- Stephanie PhillipsMarlton$12K
- Sean AdairCape May Court House$12K
- Shane CourtneyLinwood$11K
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.