Otis Rickman, DO
Pulmonary Disease · Nashville, TNNPI 1215900980
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (34.6%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 68.3% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $125,379, more than ten times the $12,140 reported in 2019. Among pulmonary disease clinicians in TN 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 513 payments — averaging $763.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$267K
- US Endoscopy$54K
- Medtronic$27K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$11K
- Olympus America Inc.$8K
- Steris Corporation$5K
- plus $19K from 19 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $2463.88 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.
- Spiration, Inc.$19K
- BD$11K
- Medtronic$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$79,90720%
- Speaking & faculty fees$117,62730%
- Travel & lodging$40,00210%
- Food & beverage$18,2295%
- Education$135,36135%
- Gifts$4430%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 344 | $267,262 |
| US Endoscopy | 21 | $53,738 |
| Medtronic | 31 | $27,339 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 16 | $10,597 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 15 | $8,447 |
| Steris Corporation | 29 | $5,162 |
| Covidien LP | 17 | $3,950 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 3 | $3,742 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $2,785 |
| Noah Medical Corporation | 6 | $2,344 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 11 | $2,318 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $2,013 |
| Elucent Medical | 1 | $500 |
| CSA Medical, Inc | 1 | $368 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $350 |
| Broncus Medical | 1 | $177 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $96 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $60 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $36 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$250,194
- TRUFREEZE$56,792
- ILLUMISITE$25,103
- Olympus Bronchoscopes$8,138
- ION$8,000
- DA VINCI SP$5,750
- AERO Stent and Delivery Systemtem$4,761
- Erbe VIO APC$3,592
- superDimension$3,529
- IMFINZI$2,685
- GALAXY$2,168
- ZEPHYR ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE$1,465
- PULMONX CHARTIS TABLET CONSOLE$1,465
- CHARTIS CATHETER$1,465
- ZEPHYR DELIVERY CATHETER$1,465
- Pulmonx Endobronchial Valve EBV$618
- ALIYA SYSTEM$252
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$149
- AEROmini Stent and Delivery System$121
- Elation Balloon Dilator$121
How this compares
$391,569 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 339 pulmonary disease providers in Tennessee.
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.
Other pulmonary disease in Nashville
- Lisa LancasterNashville$519K
- Susan GarwoodNashville$343K
- Joao DeandradeNashville$245K
- Anna HemnesNashville$183K
- Bryan HayNashville$126K
- Karl KuhnNashville$106K
- Fabien MaldonadoNashville$83K
- Margaret SalisburyNashville$53K
- Victor KhaNashville$44K
- Jennifer DukeNashville$44K
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.