Richard Rieske, MD
Surgery · Mobile, ALNPI 1720511017
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 51.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,440, more than ten times the $16 reported in 2022.
Across 86 payments — averaging $156.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Davol Inc.$3K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$2K
- Enterra Medical, Inc.$942
- Medtronic$324
- Johnson & Johnson$189
- plus $55 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,09053%
- Food & beverage$3,36525%
- Education$2,97022%
- Gifts$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 51 | $6,891 |
| Davol Inc. | 15 | $3,229 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 6 | $1,805 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 4 | $942 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $324 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $189 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$13,434 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 382 surgery providers in Alabama.
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 surgery in Mobile
- Forrest RingoldMobile$678K
- Daniel McMahonMobile$30K
- Ernest BurchMobile$30K
- Andrew BrightMobile$21K
- Daran MasonMobile$21K
- Christopher DyasMobile$18K
- Edward OttsMobile$18K
- Daniel LaneMobile$16K
- Dusty SmithMobile$14K
- William RichardsMobile$13K
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.