Richard Thompson, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lincoln, NENPI 1699989772
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $49,296 of the $55,198 with a category attached, or 89.3%. Davol Inc. accounts for 94.0% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,993, 3.4 times the $3,875 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in NE 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 245 payments — averaging $225.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Davol Inc.$52K
- BD$1K
- AbbVie$900
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$334
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$303
- Itamar Medical Inc$66
- plus $400 from 12 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $22,362 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$158K
- Davol Inc.$67K
- Z-medica, LLC$22K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$300%
- Travel & lodging$49,29689%
- Food & beverage$4,9169%
- Gifts$560%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davol Inc. | 168 | $51,886 |
| BD | 7 | $1,308 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $900 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 47 | $334 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $303 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $66 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $65 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $56 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $41 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $32 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $23 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 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.
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$25,295
- ARISTA$12,140
- PROGEL$7,929
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$4,994
- BOTOX$900
- PHASIX$813
- Tridyne Vascular Sealant$419
How this compares
$55,198 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 29 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Nebraska.
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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 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Lincoln
- Ryan ShelstadLincoln$29K
- Robert OakesLincoln$5K
- Andrew GoldsteinLincoln$3K
- Deepak GangaharLincoln$125
- Helenmari MerrittOmaha$287K
- John BatterOmaha$29K
- Kim DuncanOmaha$23K
- David BerkheimOmaha$20K
- John UmOmaha$16K
- Karin TrujilloOmaha$16K
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.