Richard Bernstein, MD
Vascular Neurology · Chicago, ILNPI 1164498614
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 10 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.4%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $50,391 and has fallen 64.3% since, to $18,000 in 2025. Among vascular neurology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 97 payments — averaging $1174.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$23K
- Abbott$20K
- AbbVie$18K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$16K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$13K
- Amgen$9K
- plus $15K from 4 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $2867.00 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.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$10K
- Medtronic$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$51,48045%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,47531%
- Travel & lodging$25,33822%
- Food & beverage$1,6041%
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(2 entities) | 21 | $23,286 |
| Abbott | 37 | $19,972 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $18,000 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $15,909 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 12 | $13,207 |
| Amgen | 6 | $8,883 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg | 2 | $4,855 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $3,964 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 1 | $3,222 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $2,600 |
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.
- Skyrizi$18,000
- Amplatzer Cardiac Plug$15,046
- PRADAXA$13,117
- Repatha$8,692
- JARDIANCE$4,855
- AMPLATZER Occluders$4,275
- BRILINTA$3,900
- TactiCath SE$318
How this compares
$113,897 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 32 vascular neurology providers in Illinois.
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 | 142 | $138,700 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 38 | $26,470 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 13 | $5,941 |
| Aspirin-Dipyridamole ErAspirin/Dipyridamole | 33 | $5,341 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 105 | $1,712 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 69 | $1,007 |
| Levetiracetam | 41 | $938 |
| Pregabalin | 39 | $612 |
| Gabapentin | 32 | $371 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 21 | $354 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $3,964 | $5,94113 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 90th percentile of 32 vascular neurology providers in Illinois.
Other vascular neurology in Chicago
- Tareq Kass-HoutChicago$336K
- Phillip GorelickChicago$269K
- Yvonne CurranChicago$26K
- Fan CaprioChicago$9K
- Lesli SkolarusChicago$8K
- Monika ManchandaChicago$2K
- Sebastian UrdayChicago$1K
- Aisha AliChicago$640
- Silvya SotoChicago$349
- Gabriela TrifanChicago$126
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.