Richard Friedman, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Charleston, SCNPI 1245223452
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (50.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Exactech, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $275,352 and has fallen 88.9% since, to $30,484 in 2025. Among adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery clinicians in SC 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 157 payments — averaging $4403.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exactech, Inc.$691K
- Zimmer Biomet$102
- Lundbeck LLC$23
Across 83 payments — averaging $18,663 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.
- Exactech, Inc.$1.5M
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$345,44950%
- Consulting fees$277,02540%
- Travel & lodging$62,7119%
- Food & beverage$6,1811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exactech, Inc. | 155 | $691,242 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $102 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $23 |
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.
- EQUINOXE$258,194
- TRULIANT$244,387
- OPTETRAK$174,397
- EQUINOXE PHX SYSTEM$11,762
- NOVATION HIP$928
- EXACTECHGPS$425
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$102
How this compares
$691,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 30 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in South Carolina.
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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.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Charleston
- Erik HansenCharleston$192K
- Josef EichingerCharleston$117K
- Matthew SteinCharleston$29K
- Harry DemosCharleston$4K
- Patrick MurrayCharleston$3K
- Justin BrothersMyrtle Beach$203K
- John McCrossonMt Pleasant$176K
- Peter RamseyConway$59K
- Daniel DelgaizoBeaufort$25K
- Frank ArmocidaGreer$23K
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.