Question 1

Has Riico Dotson, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $6,819 in general payments to Riico Dotson, MD across 33 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 2

Does a payment mean Riico Dotson, MD did something wrong?

Accepted Answer

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Question 3

Where does this information about Riico Dotson, MD come from?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Company	Payments	Total
Steelhead Surgical Inc	5	$4,585
Arthrex	23	$2,030
Wildwood Medical LLC	3	$179
Coopersurgical, Inc.	1	$13
Vericel Corporation	1	$12

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	142	$1,613
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen	59	$1,407
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine	13	$112
Naproxen	20	$111
Ibuprofen	17	$96
Tramadol Hcl	28	$45
Meloxicam	14	$16

Riico Dotson, MD

Payments from drug & device makers

Who reported the general payments

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Medicare billing

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