Nicholas Richardson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1093192718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (36.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 31.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $8,935 and has fallen 51.6% since, to $4,325 in 2025.
Across 160 payments — averaging $197.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$10K
- Stryker$8K
- Trimed, Inc.$3K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$3K
- Suvon Surgical LLC$2K
- Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.$1K
- plus $5K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7502%
- Travel & lodging$8,36826%
- Food & beverage$11,44036%
- Education$11,03835%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 38 | $9,948 |
| Stryker | 56 | $8,002 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $2,960 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 6 | $2,780 |
| Suvon Surgical LLC | 11 | $1,670 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 6 | $926 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $641 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $561 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $534 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 6 | $408 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $351 |
| Novastep Inc. | 2 | $223 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $222 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $220 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $203 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $177 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $177 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $129 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 1 | $83 |
| Acell, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
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.
- PROstep$1,793
- PROPHECY$1,291
- PRIME SERIES$985
- VANTAGE$863
- HOFFMANN$857
- NA$755
- INBONE$570
- T2$570
- Magellan$549
- VALOR$447
- EASYFUSE$430
- HAMMERLOCK$361
- VARIAX$315
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$304
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$295
- PERCUPLASTY TRAY$274
- INFINITY$273
- Fibrinet$220
- Maxx Cell$220
- CITREFIX$174
How this compares
$31,597 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 794 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $477 |
| Meloxicam | 41 | $80 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Cleveland
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- Anthony MiniaciCleveland$3.1M
- Kenneth GreeneCleveland$2.6M
- Mark FroimsonCleveland$2.5M
- Robert MolloyCleveland$2.3M
- Eric RicchettiCleveland$2.1M
- Thomas MrozCleveland$1.3M
- Robert GillespieCleveland$672K
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.