Richard Dalaba
Surgical · Albany, NYNPI 1770745200
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $20,459 of the $26,171 with a category attached, or 78.2%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 53.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $10,661 and has fallen 91.3% since, to $927 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in NY 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 93 payments — averaging $281.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$14K
- Johnson & Johnson$8K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$378
- Smith+Nephew$222
- plus $202 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,45978%
- Travel & lodging$2,3449%
- Food & beverage$3,27012%
- Education$980%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 33 | $14,047 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 34 | $8,357 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 15 | $1,577 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 4 | $1,387 |
| Stryker | 3 | $378 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $222 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $83 |
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.
- STRATAFIX$20,630
- DERMABOND$16,530
- MONOCRYL$16,530
- PDS$16,530
- DERMABOND PRINEO$4,100
- Avenir$566
- ATTUNE$407
- Velys$384
- MAKO$378
- TAPESTRY$299
- Z1 HIP SYSTEM$299
- ROSA$299
- ACTIS$275
- ROSA-Knee$144
- TRITANIUM$139
- Journey II$134
- AQUACEL Ag Extra$119
How this compares
$26,171 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,544 surgical providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 406 | $11,438 |
| Cephalexin | 571 | $2,290 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 266 | $2,061 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 299 | $1,295 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 69 | $965 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 35 | $811 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $517 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 81 | $296 |
| Meloxicam | 71 | $272 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 12 | $270 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $130 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 29 | $112 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $87 |
| Ibuprofen | 16 | $86 |
| Amoxicillin | 19 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Albany
- Lindsay SchweikarthAlbany$324K
- Alison DouganAlbany$10K
- Nicole FeinNew York$225K
- Kenneth RuizNew York$93K
- Terry LinNew York$70K
- Beth PhillipsEast Syracuse$51K
- James DoolittleNew York$46K
- Tanya GeistAmherst$43K
- Irina KommNew York$39K
- Sarah MartineckWilliamsville$34K
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.