Richard Bock, MD
Vascular Surgery · Asheville, NCNPI 1821036633
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 44 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. accounts for 63.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,267 and has fallen 83.0% since, to $215 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $2,786.
Across 44 payments — averaging $62.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$2K
- Organogenesis Inc.$466
- Medtronic$191
- Venclose Inc.$155
- Boston Scientific$136
- Bsn Medical Inc$49
Across 1 payment — averaging $11,405 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$11K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,754100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 24 | $1,758 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 6 | $466 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $191 |
| Venclose Inc. | 3 | $155 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $136 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 4 | $49 |
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.
- Venclose Maven Catheter$1,350
- PuraPly$340
- Varithena Administration Pack$123
- Abre$119
How this compares
$2,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 119 vascular surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 vascular surgery in Asheville
- Frank ArkoCharlotte$2.6M
- Erin MurphyCharlotte$598K
- Robert MendesRaleigh$408K
- Ellen DillavouRaleigh$284K
- Mark FarberChapel Hill$245K
- Hector Crespo SotoCharlotte$178K
- Rebecca KelsoCharlotte$148K
- William MarstonChapel Hill$83K
- Bryan EhlertGoldsboro$83K
- Christopher McQuinnRaleigh$77K
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.