John Richards, MD
Adult Medicine · Longview, WANPI 1225051097
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 42 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 9 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,141 and has fallen 87.5% since, to $143 in 2024.
Across 42 payments — averaging $37.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$368
- AstraZeneca$298
- Amgen$228
- Novo Nordisk$186
- GSK$158
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$138
- plus $184 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,559100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 10 | $368 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $298 |
| Amgen | 4 | $228 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $186 |
| GSK | 3 | $158 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $138 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $110 |
| Novartis | 1 | $41 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $33 |
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
Too few adult medicine providers in Washingtonto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 158 | $171,878 |
| EliquisApixaban | 123 | $166,981 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 28 | $49,170 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 30 | $38,855 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 32 | $37,292 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 25 | $34,028 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 16 | $28,806 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 22 | $17,695 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 12 | $11,420 |
| Varenicline Tartrate | 15 | $4,268 |
| Omeprazole | 166 | $3,914 |
| Potassium Chloride | 144 | $3,485 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 22 | $3,217 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 232 | $2,708 |
| Simvastatin | 300 | $2,525 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $368 | $166,981123 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $158 | $54,98854 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $186 | $38,85530 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $298 | $34,02825 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $110 | $28,80616 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. There are too few adult medicine providers in Washingtonon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other adult medicine in Longview
- Deborah OyerSeattle$17K
- Robert KillianSeattle$12K
- Michael BrownDes Moines$402
- Justin OlswangerWalla Walla$382
- Jiegang ZhouSeattle$218
- Mahyar BadreiRedmond$114
- Sean AroraSeattle$97
- Grace GamponiaRenton$53
- James BoswellOlympia$42
- Charles ButlerSeattle$37
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.