Richard Sweet, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1821357773
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 97.4% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KY 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 236 payments — averaging $1006.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$231K
- Heraeus Medical, LLC.$5K
- Bone Support Inc.$250
- Amgen$157
- Osteoremedies, LLC$156
- Stryker$147
- plus $758 from 15 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $9500.00 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.
- Smith+Nephew$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$101,30143%
- Speaking & faculty fees$100,14942%
- Travel & lodging$28,74112%
- Food & beverage$7,3593%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 203 | $231,290 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 5 | $4,792 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $157 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 1 | $156 |
| Stryker | 1 | $147 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Vertex | 2 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $52 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $49 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals 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.
- Journey II$230,336
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$181,841
- Legion Revision$93,463
- REDAPT$54,973
- Tandem$33,797
- RI.HIP NAVIGATION$30,408
- Legion$28,300
- OR3O Dual Mobility$26,164
- PICO$19,250
- OR3O$16,032
- Engage Partial Knee System$14,516
- Journey II XR$11,813
- PICO 7$10,294
- Legion Hinge$8,225
- POLAR3$6,620
- BIRMINGHAM HIP$6,078
- PALACOS$4,750
- JOURNEY$4,646
- POLARSTEM$4,625
- ACCORD$3,763
How this compares
$237,549 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 322 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 787 | $7,350 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 293 | $1,872 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 167 | $1,334 |
| Methylprednisolone | 162 | $870 |
| Mupirocin | 105 | $636 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 57 | $572 |
| Meloxicam | 103 | $279 |
| Amoxicillin | 148 | $137 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 27 | $116 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $96 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $74 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $42 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 41 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Louisville
- Arthur MalkaniLouisville$9.6M
- Jonathan YerasimidesLouisville$4.3M
- John LewisLouisville$1.5M
- Akbar NawabLouisville$1M
- Joseph GreeneLouisville$581K
- George QuillLouisville$304K
- Rodolfo Zamora RendichLouisville$292K
- Frank BonnarensLouisville$146K
- Ryan EadsLouisville$99K
- Kevin HarreldLouisville$87K
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.