William Ricks
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Mobile, ALNPI 1255863593
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 34.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,951 and has fallen 51.0% since, to $1,446 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $5,387.
Across 53 payments — averaging $98.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Abiomed$249
- Baxter Healthcare$247
- Atricure, Inc.$217
- Abbott$178
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10321%
- Food & beverage$3,10960%
- Education$1,00119%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 14 | $1,818 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $1,029 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $249 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 7 | $247 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $217 |
| Abbott | 1 | $178 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $159 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $158 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $146 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $140 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $122 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $99 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$627
- INTEGRA$365
- MitraClip$178
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$169
- Valiant Captivia$159
- Barostim Neo System$158
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$150
- Varithena Administration Pack$146
- FLOSEAL$126
- TISSEEL$126
- ANDEXXA$122
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$122
- PRIMATRIX$122
- Cook$119
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$117
How this compares
$5,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 68 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Alabama.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Mobile
- Kareem BedeirMobile$20K
- Carl MalteseMobile$11K
- Dimitris KyriazisMobile$10K
- Charles WyattMobile$9K
- Robert WilsonMobile$5K
- Osman HashmiMobile$5K
- Peter PluschtMobile$4K
- Parker MullenMobile$4K
- William JohnsonMobile$3K
- Matthew WoodsMobile$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.