Richard Vanderbrook, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Covington, LANPI 1992759039
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $856 of the $1,118 with a category attached, or 76.6%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 33.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $572 and has fallen 67.3% since, to $187 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $39.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$375
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$196
- Boston Scientific$168
- Argon Medical Devices, Inc.$157
- Agfa Healthcare Corporation$105
- Medtronic$39
- plus $77 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$26223%
- Food & beverage$85677%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 6 | $375 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $168 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 11 | $157 |
| Agfa Healthcare Corporation | 1 | $105 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $39 |
| Samsung HME America, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $29 |
| Bayer | 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.
How this compares
$1,118 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 418 diagnostic radiology providers in Louisiana.
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 diagnostic radiology in Covington
- Dennis KayCovington$19K
- Dana SmethermanCovington$2K
- Michael HallCovington$991
- James GrudenNew Orleans$171K
- James RuizBaton Rouge$105K
- Ankit PansaraNew Orleans$28K
- Eric RubinNew Orleans$24K
- Richard TramelNew Orleans$23K
- David AllevaBaton Rouge$15K
- John GrezaffiBaton Rouge$12K
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.