Kevin Richardson, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1861496762
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Baxter Healthcare at 53.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $20,852 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $675 in 2025.
Across 288 payments — averaging $127.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Baxter Healthcare$19K
- Atricure, Inc.$4K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- plus $5K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,61015%
- Food & beverage$13,58437%
- Education$17,57048%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter Healthcare | 23 | $19,479 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 39 | $3,814 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 21 | $2,820 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 12 | $2,257 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 16 | $1,863 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 59 | $1,796 |
| Abiomed | 22 | $1,449 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 8 | $909 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 5 | $450 |
| Abbott | 21 | $352 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $319 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 11 | $196 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $195 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $152 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $150 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 5 | $107 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $79 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $67 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $64 |
| Amgen | 4 | $55 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $43 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $39 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- COSEAL$17,684
- HEMOPATCH$17,570
- AngioVac$1,996
- PASCAL$1,523
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,208
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,139
- Impella$776
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$655
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$619
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$596
- FLOSEAL$584
- Simulus$365
- PREVELEAK$307
- Avalus$295
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$278
- TEG6s HEMOSTASIS SYSTEM$221
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$192
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$177
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$145
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$141
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Mexicoto 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 24 | $193 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Albuquerque
- Fenton McCarthyAlbuquerque$41K
- Luis CerdaAlbuquerque$21K
- David JoyceAlbuquerque$19K
- Dana BoothAlbuquerque$13K
- Jennifer NishimuraAlbuquerque$9K
- William SteinAlbuquerque$4K
- Daniel Maoz-MetzlAlbuquerque$3K
- Brian CastlemainAlbuquerque$2K
- Jesus EnriquezAlbuquerque$487
- Leah McKinnonAlbuquerque$268
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.