Richard Whelan, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · New York, NYNPI 1063596542
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.0%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Applied Medical Resources Corporation accounts for 70.4% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $9,921 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $1,962 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 38 payments — averaging $618.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$17K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$5K
- Boston Scientific$735
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$305
- Guard Medical Inc.$156
- Steris Corporation$151
- plus $158 from 2 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $10,767 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.
- Boston Scientific$60K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$25K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,32844%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00013%
- Travel & lodging$3,08613%
- Food & beverage$1,3196%
- Education$5,76525%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 21 | $16,533 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 4 | $5,460 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $735 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $305 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $156 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $151 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Olympus Surgical Accessories$5,460
- EVIS EXERA$4,200
- Olympus Capital Accessories$4,200
- Olympus Laparoscopic Accessories$4,200
- Gelport Laparoscopic System$3,731
- GelPOINT Path Transanal Access Platform$3,000
- RESOLUTION CLIP$257
- NPseal$156
- NPSEAL LARGE$156
- NPSEAL MEDIUM$156
- PHASIX$139
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$113
How this compares
$23,499 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 177 colon & rectal surgery providers in New York.
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 colon & rectal surgery in New York
- Sanghyun KimNew York$154K
- Mehraneh JafariNew York$50K
- Jeffrey MilsomNew York$42K
- David SchwartzbergNew York$26K
- Alessandro FicheraNew York$20K
- Juliet RayNew York$17K
- Cary AaronsNew York$16K
- Debbie BakesNew York$15K
- Parul ShuklaNew York$14K
- Andre MoreiraNew York$9K
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.