Kevin Richardson, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · San Antonio, TXNPI 1548465107
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.6%), food and beverage and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Corelink, LLC at 41.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $24,136, 5.1 times the $4,724 reported in 2019.
Across 301 payments — averaging $299.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corelink, LLC$38K
- Zavation Medical Products, LLC$33K
- Theragen, Inc.$6K
- Nanohive Medical LLC$3K
- Zimvie Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- plus $7K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$14,59716%
- Consulting fees$40,25345%
- Travel & lodging$11,28313%
- Food & beverage$14,81616%
- Gifts$1000%
- Entertainment$1,1201%
- Other$8,0009%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corelink, LLC | 44 | $37,747 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 42 | $33,257 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $6,400 |
| Nanohive Medical LLC | 2 | $3,115 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $1,600 |
| Boston Scientific | 78 | $1,360 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 26 | $1,256 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $1,188 |
| Abbott | 21 | $1,045 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 9 | $796 |
| Painteq LLC | 21 | $710 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 4 | $404 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $256 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $255 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $236 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $210 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $134 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $32 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 4 | $20 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ActaStim-S$6,400
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$1,600
- Senza$926
- Medical Device$487
- SYNCHROMEDII$484
- PAINTEQ$448
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$305
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$210
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$165
- INCEPTIV$161
- PRODISC L$152
- Intracept RF Probe$150
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$147
- PRODISC C VIVO$142
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$140
- Proclaim IPG$136
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$134
- 7D Surgical System$132
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$127
- Hive Standalone ALIF$115
How this compares
$90,168 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 81 | $3,316 |
| Gabapentin | 75 | $831 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 33 | $646 |
| Methocarbamol | 24 | $217 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in San Antonio
- M DennisSan Antonio$236K
- Antonio WebbSan Antonio$75K
- Adam BruggemanSan Antonio$64K
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
- Craig KuhnsAustin$2.4M
- David WimberleyHouston$2.2M
- Jeffrey PhelpsNorth Richland Hills$1.9M
- Eric WieserArlington$1.5M
- Andrew ClavennaDallas$1.3M
- Ivan ChengKyle$1.2M
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.