Matthew Recht, MD
Vascular Surgery · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1033114616
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (29.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bolton Medical Inc at 46.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,876, 4.8 times the $3,118 reported in 2019. Among vascular surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 261 payments — averaging $279.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bolton Medical Inc$34K
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$18K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$8K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$3K
- BD$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- plus $6K from 22 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $2148.67 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- EKOS Corporation$14K
- Boston Scientific$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,71030%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,15017%
- Travel & lodging$6,0278%
- Food & beverage$17,08023%
- Education$16,03822%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bolton Medical Inc | 56 | $34,054 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 16 | $18,414 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 79 | $7,563 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 20 | $2,599 |
| BD | 2 | $2,450 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 18 | $1,881 |
| Abbott | 16 | $1,684 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $467 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $465 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $411 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 6 | $389 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $345 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $327 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 2 | $297 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 8 | $292 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $292 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $194 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $182 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 2 | $139 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $115 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 1 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- Relay Grafts$13,520
- Cardiva VASCADE 6/7F VCS$10,813
- Grafts$7,900
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$5,831
- Relay Plus$5,350
- Cardiva VASCADE 5F VCS$4,000
- CARDIVA VASCADE MVP XL VVCS 10-12F$4,000
- Cardiva VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F$4,000
- VENOVO$2,063
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,628
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$1,394
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$1,200
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$754
- Indigo System$728
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$714
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$687
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$463
- Supera peripheral stent system$453
- Indigo$437
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$397
How this compares
$73,006 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 213 vascular surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 56 | $288 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Cincinnati
- Patrick MuckCincinnati$650K
- Brian KuhnCincinnati$184K
- Geoffrey AnswiniCincinnati$65K
- Christopher PaprzyckiCincinnati$40K
- Richard FriesCincinnati$33K
- Sasidhar KilaruCincinnati$33K
- Stuart DonovanCincinnati$31K
- Andrew HearnCincinnati$24K
- Aaron KulwickiCincinnati$23K
- En Yaw HongCincinnati$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.