Richard Welch
Family Medicine · Bowling Green, KYNPI 1942208061
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 94 payments — averaging $17.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$390
- AbbVie$250
- AstraZeneca$147
- Amgen$143
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$84
- Pfizer$65
- plus $549 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,628100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 3 | $390 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 22 | $250 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $147 |
| Amgen | 9 | $143 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $84 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $65 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $60 |
| Merck | 4 | $48 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $46 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $41 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $38 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $12 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,628 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,559 family medicine providers in Kentucky.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 25 | $7,595 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 12 | $4,327 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 79 | $4,078 |
| Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl | 14 | $1,934 |
| Np ThyroidThyroid,pork | 34 | $1,805 |
| Armour ThyroidThyroid,pork | 19 | $911 |
| Spironolactone | 27 | $575 |
| Potassium Chloride | 17 | $262 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $243 |
| Estradiol | 23 | $216 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 15 | $209 |
| Citalopram HbrCitalopram Hydrobromide | 21 | $164 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 23 | $154 |
| Carvedilol | 14 | $117 |
| Lactulose | 11 | $107 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieArmour Thyroid | $250 | $91119 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 1,559 family medicine providers in Kentucky.
Other family medicine in Bowling Green
- Diego MastronardiBowling Green$196K
- Jane GibsonBowling Green$49K
- John TappBowling Green$25K
- Brian SmithVersailles$7.7M
- Barbara Fleming-PhillipsLexington$1.4M
- Christopher RhyneLouisville$1M
- Kruti PatelBurlington$463K
- Michael LovelaceLouisville$244K
- John RichardLexington$226K
- James TurnboPaducah$124K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.