Richard Fries, MD
Vascular Surgery · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1033321567
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (39.9%), other and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Shockwave Medical, Inc at 50.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $16,904 and has fallen 62.8% since, to $6,288 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in OH 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 135 payments — averaging $244.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$17K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$10K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Imperative Care, Inc$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$573
- Boston Scientific$488
- plus $2K from 23 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1560.38 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.
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$2K
- Biocompatibles, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,20040%
- Travel & lodging$4,97815%
- Food & beverage$4,97115%
- Other$9,91730%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 12 | $16,527 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 8 | $10,039 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $2,320 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 20 | $1,034 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 5 | $573 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $488 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 13 | $445 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $295 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $218 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $170 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $120 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $111 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $82 |
| Abbott | 2 | $77 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $58 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $56 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $49 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $38 |
| OVIK Health, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $27 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$16,393
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$9,917
- Indigo System$1,963
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$479
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$479
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$479
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$479
- Penumbra System$302
- Zilver PTX$295
- SYMPHONY CATHETER$289
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$197
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$197
- EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$175
- GENERAL ATHERECTOMY$111
- ELUVIA$107
How this compares
$33,066 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 213 vascular surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 120 | $774 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 125 | $448 |
| Cilostazol | 37 | $437 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Cincinnati
- Patrick MuckCincinnati$650K
- Brian KuhnCincinnati$184K
- Matthew RechtCincinnati$73K
- Geoffrey AnswiniCincinnati$65K
- Christopher PaprzyckiCincinnati$40K
- Sasidhar KilaruCincinnati$33K
- Stuart DonovanCincinnati$31K
- Andrew HearnCincinnati$24K
- Aaron KulwickiCincinnati$23K
- En Yaw HongCincinnati$11K
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.