Richard Becker, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1477636611
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 51 payments — averaging $2326.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$70K
- Merck$18K
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$6K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$6K
- Medtronic$5K
- AstraZeneca$5K
- plus $8K from 5 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $2438.57 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.
- Novartis Pharma AG$13K
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,20066%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,30010%
- Grants$5,07515%
- Travel & lodging$2,1977%
- Food & beverage$9423%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 11 | $69,986 |
| Merck | 9 | $18,056 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $5,900 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 3 | $5,700 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $5,450 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $5,075 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 9 | $4,838 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $2,800 |
| Genetesis, Inc. | 1 | $700 |
| Novartis | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $26 |
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
$118,656 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 827 cardiovascular disease 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 59 | $49,055 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $29,316 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 29 | $20,523 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 87 | $662 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 45 | $329 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 26 | $313 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 24 | $174 |
| Lisinopril | 38 | $157 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 30 | $154 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 20 | $93 |
| Carvedilol | 21 | $90 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 30 | $64 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 19 | $64 |
| Furosemide | 24 | $61 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Cincinnati
- Peter EngelCincinnati$1.2M
- Wojciech MazurCincinnati$508K
- Dylan SteenCincinnati$469K
- Kamal ShemisaCincinnati$418K
- Freidoon GhaziCincinnati$280K
- Anil VermaCincinnati$195K
- Samir KapadiaCleveland$11.1M
- Steven NissenCleveland$5.3M
- Milind DesaiCleveland$5M
- Abraham LincoffCleveland$3.6M
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.