Richard Arnold
Podiatrist · South Charleston, WVNPI 1245246529
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.3% of the total across 56 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Amgen accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for podiatrist clinicians in WV, where the typical reported total is $1,242.
Across 56 payments — averaging $28.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$115
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$111
- Rikco International, LLC$93
- Nevro Corp.$77
- Smith+Nephew$34
- plus $6 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,52894%
- Education$936%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 44 | $1,184 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $115 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $111 |
| Rikco International, LLC | 2 | $93 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $77 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $34 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $6 |
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.
How this compares
$1,621 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 37 podiatrist providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 105 | $1,619 |
| Itraconazole | 29 | $1,310 |
| Ketoconazole | 37 | $733 |
| Pregabalin | 26 | $633 |
| Pentoxifylline | 22 | $568 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $532 |
| Fluocinonide | 14 | $520 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 39 | $503 |
| Colchicine | 28 | $412 |
| Mupirocin | 50 | $400 |
| Cephalexin | 48 | $396 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 22 | $334 |
| Allopurinol | 45 | $330 |
| Prednisone | 45 | $140 |
| Meloxicam | 45 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in South Charleston
- Douglas DockeryPrinceton$11K
- Kirt MillerHuntington$6K
- Marian KavanaughWheeling$6K
- Marshal GwynnPrinceton$5K
- Joseph GoodwinWheeling$5K
- Jerry HadrychFairmont$5K
- Jessica MullinsCharleston$5K
- Vincent OliverioPetersburg$4K
- Dustin PetersonHuntington$3K
- Yuna Farah-PetersonPoint Pleasant$3K
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.