Richard Lou, MD
Surgical Critical Care · Akron, OHNPI 1508081522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 24 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Avita Medical Americas, LLC at 30.3% of the total.
Across 24 payments — averaging $75.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avita Medical Americas, LLC$549
- AbbVie$269
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$184
- Polynovo North America LLC$171
- Access Pro Medical, LLC$137
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$130
- plus $372 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,79899%
- Education$151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 5 | $549 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $269 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $184 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $171 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $137 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 3 | $111 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $92 |
| OVIK Health, LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $26 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
| BTG International Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Smith+Nephew | 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.
- RECELL$284
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$269
- Cohealyx$162
- PERMEADERM$162
- BIOFIX$151
- BIODRESTORE$151
- BIODFACTOR$151
- BIODOPTIX$151
- MEDIHONEY$151
- Matriderm$137
- STRATAGRAFT$130
How this compares
$1,813 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 79 surgical critical care 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.
Other surgical critical care in Akron
- Charudutt ParanjapeAkron$12K
- Katie FrancisAkron$2K
- Jennifer Knight DavisColumbus$66K
- Daniel EifermanColumbus$60K
- Jeffrey UstinCleveland$46K
- Nicole BernalColumbus$27K
- D MillarCincinnati$11K
- Heath DorionYoungstown$10K
- Erich WesselColumbus$9K
- Laura KreinerCleveland$9K
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.