Robert Richard
Hematology & Oncology · Seattle, WANPI 1720164478
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Novartis. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in WA, where the typical reported total is $899.
Across 1 payment — averaging $18.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$19
Across 29 payments — averaging $27,278 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.
- Novartis$655K
- AbbVie$88K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$37K
- Incyte Corporation$11K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$19100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$19 in reported general payments places this provider in the 0th percentile of 349 hematology & oncology providers in Washington.
Other hematology & oncology in Seattle
- John PesandoSeattle$15.7M
- Jill JohnsenSeattle$991K
- Fengting YanSeattle$841K
- John PagelSeattle$725K
- Lawrence FongSeattle$546K
- Langdon MillerSeattle$457K
- Mazyar ShadmanSeattle$226K
- Catherine LeeSeattle$199K
- Celestia HiganoSeattle$164K
- Ryan CassadaySeattle$151K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.