Joanne Richards, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Hollywood, FLNPI 1659454478
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,961 of the $3,492 with a category attached, or 84.8%. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $969 and has fallen 56.5% since, to $422 in 2025.
Across 137 payments — averaging $25.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$737
- AbbVie$353
- Gynesonics, Inc.$272
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$260
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$214
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$198
- plus $1K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$51315%
- Travel & lodging$50%
- Food & beverage$2,96185%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 9 | $737 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $353 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $272 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 15 | $260 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 10 | $214 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 10 | $198 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $113 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $110 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $104 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Bayer | 4 | $95 |
| Organon | 3 | $90 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $70 |
| Millicent US Inc | 3 | $66 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 3 | $56 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $47 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $37 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Biogen | 2 | $35 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $33 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $19 |
| Meditrina | 1 | $17 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$3,492 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,438 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 93 | $5,935 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 34 | $1,367 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 36 | $1,013 |
| Nystatin-TriamcinoloneNystatin/Triamcinolone Acet | 18 | $304 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $300 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 14 | $111 |
| Fluconazole | 14 | $83 |
| Nystatin | 16 | $75 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 16 | $38 |
| Misoprostol | 15 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Hollywood
- Edward ZelnickHollywood$92K
- Fausto Andrade RodriguezHollywood$40K
- Steven McCarusCelebration$2.3M
- Elliot CazesTampa$725K
- Charles BloomWinter Park$652K
- Jay CohenPlantation$556K
- Omar ZwainWinter Park$531K
- Keith AquaWellington$473K
- Jeffrey KotzenPalm Beach Gardens$413K
- Glenn BankertCrestview$388K
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.