Richard Francis, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Houston, TXNPI 1649212531
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $147,056 of the $155,989 with a category attached, or 94.3%. Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC accounts for 96.0% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $147,017 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $1,479 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $2785.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$150K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Aesculap, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$344
- Novapproach Spine, LLC$111
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,6002%
- Travel & lodging$3,2152%
- Food & beverage$6390%
- Gifts$147,05694%
- Other$1,4791%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 28 | $149,813 |
| Globus Medical | 18 | $2,972 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $1,479 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 2 | $1,269 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $344 |
| Novapproach Spine, LLC | 1 | $111 |
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.
- ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC$3,843
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$2,842
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$268
- OneLIF$111
How this compares
$155,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 196 | $4,693 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 303 | $3,212 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 31 | $2,370 |
| Risedronate Sodium | 41 | $2,257 |
| Scopolamine | 149 | $2,040 |
| Methocarbamol | 256 | $1,538 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 203 | $1,509 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 170 | $1,198 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 187 | $847 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 61 | $826 |
| Celecoxib | 23 | $578 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 184 | $544 |
| Methylprednisolone | 60 | $432 |
| Ibuprofen | 122 | $379 |
| Pregabalin | 17 | $357 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Houston
- David WimberleyHouston$2.2M
- Shah-Nawaz DodwadHouston$710K
- Leonard KibuuleHouston$621K
- Vivek KushwahaHouston$573K
- Robert MohrHouston$352K
- Bernhard MeyerHouston$238K
- Ryan StuckeyHouston$181K
- Rex MarcoHouston$174K
- Ra'kerry RahmanHouston$45K
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
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.