Robert Friedman, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Boise, IDNPI 1457337446
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $11,500 of the $18,290 with a category attached, or 62.9%. Piramal Critical Care accounts for 76.4% of it on its own, with 42 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $11,713 and has fallen 94.9% since, to $597 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in ID 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 255 payments — averaging $71.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Piramal Critical Care$14K
- AbbVie$812
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$421
- Sanofi$280
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.$257
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$212
- plus $2K from 37 others
Across 342 payments — averaging $192.32 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.
- MDD US Operations, LLC$66K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,50063%
- Travel & lodging$1,5759%
- Food & beverage$5,20228%
- Education$130%
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.
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.
- GABLOFEN$52,854
- mild Device Kit$162
- DYSPORT$125
How this compares
$18,290 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 38 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Idaho.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| SkyclarysOmaveloxolone | 13 | $422,471 |
| EvrysdiRisdiplam | 15 | $394,241 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 63 | $89,843 |
| Fentanyl | 167 | $27,688 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 16 | $18,747 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 394 | $12,619 |
| Buprenorphine | 48 | $11,928 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 316 | $8,844 |
| Gabapentin | 251 | $6,935 |
| Baclofen | 251 | $6,888 |
| Pregabalin | 149 | $6,354 |
| Dantrolene Sodium | 30 | $3,902 |
| Levocarnitine | 54 | $3,695 |
| Methadone Hcl | 103 | $3,685 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 72 | $3,567 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BiogenSkyclarys | $91 | $422,47113 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er | $212 | $18,74716 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 95th percentile of 38 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Idaho.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Boise
- James WhitakerBoise$4K
- Carolyn BlaschBoise$751
- Monte MooreBoise$535
- Brooke HergertBoise$303
- Nancy GreenwaldBoise$163
- Vic KadyanBoise$126
- Nathan TruexBoise$85
- Lynn ShenkBoise$62
- Rodde CoxBoise$0
- Kevin KrafftBoise$0
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.