Paula Ricke
Family · Grand Forks, NDNPI 1275916330
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,862 of the $8,683 with a category attached, or 67.5%. Medtronic accounts for 89.1% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among family clinicians in ND 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 65 payments — averaging $133.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Abbott$502
- Heartflow, Inc.$281
- Johnson & Johnson$90
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$41
- Edwards Lifesciences$30
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,86268%
- Food & beverage$2,82032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 49 | $7,738 |
| Abbott | 10 | $502 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $281 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $90 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $41 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $30 |
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.
- Micra$2,383
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$139
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$134
- FFRct$101
How this compares
$8,683 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 496 family providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 542 | $443,965 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 182 | $150,653 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 29 | $39,919 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 548 | $8,812 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 440 | $7,396 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 39 | $5,569 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 166 | $5,020 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 76 | $2,825 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 118 | $1,467 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 102 | $1,223 |
| JantovenWarfarin Sodium | 101 | $1,100 |
| Bumetanide | 18 | $921 |
| Potassium Chloride | 37 | $730 |
| Losartan Potassium | 57 | $644 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 71 | $452 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $90 | $150,653182 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 496 family providers in North Dakota.
Other family in Grand Forks
- Coralyn Jensen KurtzGrand Forks$12K
- Lynde QuirkGrand Forks$5K
- Leanne KilzerGrand Forks$3K
- Nicole RobinsonGrand Forks$2K
- Nicole StrausGrand Forks$2K
- Christina DahlJamestown$26K
- Courtney WoodburyBismarck$8K
- Monica GoetzBismarck$8K
- Danielle EidenschinkFargo$6K
- Chantel HillestadMinot$6K
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.