Richard Hulse
Surgical · Neptune, NJNPI 1720164759
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,609 of the $10,352 with a category attached, or 83.2%. Medtronic accounts for 73.5% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,835 and has fallen 65.2% since, to $1,684 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in NJ 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 235 payments — averaging $44.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Abbott$828
- Atricure, Inc.$313
- Abiomed$33
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$25
- plus $77 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,74417%
- Food & beverage$8,60983%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 181 | $7,609 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 36 | $1,467 |
| Abbott | 8 | $828 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $313 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $33 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $22 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
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
$10,352 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 462 surgical providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 12 | $5 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Neptune
- Matthew PetridesNeptune$183K
- Moira StanleyNeptune$9K
- John KauffmannNeptune$3K
- Andrea ConwayCherry Hill$105K
- Dean BaroneUnion$69K
- Jessica HendersonEatontown$53K
- Richard BengelCamden$44K
- Dylan RyanCamden$26K
- Lauren RoyceClifton$11K
- Rachel WintMount Laurel$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.