Richard Gutknecht
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Independence, MONPI 1619970126
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $62,642 of the $65,098 with a category attached, or 96.2%. Organon accounts for 84.0% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $19,274 and has fallen 83.8% since, to $3,115 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in MO 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 149 payments — averaging $436.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organon$55K
- Merck$10K
- AbbVie$332
- Amgen$188
- Radius Health, Inc.$171
- Intuitive Surgical$54
- plus $164 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$62,64296%
- Travel & lodging$5591%
- Food & beverage$1,8683%
- Education$300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organon | 95 | $54,660 |
| Merck | 16 | $9,529 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $332 |
| Amgen | 6 | $188 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $171 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $54 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Bayer | 2 | $34 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$65,098 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 750 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Missouri.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Independence
- Timothy HallIndependence$172K
- Thomas ShultzSpringfield$1.1M
- Becky LynnSaint Louis$231K
- Craig McCoyMoberly$101K
- Amanda CarrollFestus$55K
- Amy CarterKansas City$49K
- Megan SneedLees Summit$44K
- Kimberly LemoineSaint Louis$30K
- Carrie CardaPoplar Bluff$22K
- John McCarvilleBranson$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.