Dr. Theodore Richards, MD

Cardiovascular Disease Chattanooga, TN Male
NPI: 1891784518
Total Payments
$5,910
2024 Payments
$312.33
Companies
34
Transactions
303
Medicare Patients
6,536
Medicare Billing
$926,853

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$5,850 (99.0%)
Education$60.00 (1.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $5,850 302 99.0%
Education $60.00 1 1.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $1,204 63 $0 (2022)
Boston Scientific Corporation $848.87 33 $0 (2024)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $479.27 29 $0 (2022)
Abbott Laboratories $384.75 18 $0 (2024)
Astellas Pharma US Inc $319.49 16 $0 (2021)
PFIZER INC. $298.87 24 $0 (2023)
Amgen Inc. $239.30 15 $0 (2022)
Shockwave Medical, Inc $186.67 1 $0 (2022)
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $174.23 9 $0 (2022)
Penumbra, Inc. $167.96 2 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $312.33 10 Abbott Laboratories ($107.76)
2023 $453.82 17 Penumbra, Inc. ($167.96)
2022 $929.75 41 Shockwave Medical, Inc ($186.67)
2021 $1,223 67 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($224.10)
2020 $502.19 28 Astellas Pharma US Inc ($107.32)
2019 $651.55 42 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($224.47)
2018 $1,018 50 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($321.90)
2017 $819.48 48 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($265.61)

All Payment Transactions

303 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 13

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/04/2024 Abbott Laboratories APTIVUE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.91 General
Category: Vascular
11/21/2024 GE HEALTHCARE — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $56.37 General
10/30/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.85 General
Category: LUX-Dx_CRM
10/24/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $60.21 General
Category: LUX-Dx_CRM
09/10/2024 Abbott Laboratories APTIVUE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.05 General
Category: Vascular
08/30/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $25.75 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
07/22/2024 Abbott Laboratories APTIVUE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.88 General
Category: Vascular
04/12/2024 Abbott Laboratories PERCLOSE PROSTYLE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.92 General
Category: Vascular
03/28/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.84 General
Category: General - Therapies_CRM
03/22/2024 LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. DEFINITY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.55 General
Category: CONTRAST AGENT
12/04/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation WATCHMAN Access System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.63 General
Category: WATCHMAN_IC
09/28/2023 Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. DEFINITY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.44 General
Category: CONTRAST AGENT
09/06/2023 SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. FUROSCIX (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.30 General
Category: Cardiology
08/30/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation WATCHMAN FLX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.10 General
Category: WATCHMAN FLX_IC
08/18/2023 Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. DEFINITY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.75 General
Category: CONTRAST AGENT
07/08/2023 Penumbra, Inc. Indigo System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $158.74 General
Category: Peripheral Intervention
05/19/2023 Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. DEFINITY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.33 General
Category: CONTRAST AGENT
04/21/2023 Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. DEFINITY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.69 General
Category: CONTRAST AGENT
04/12/2023 PFIZER INC. VYNDAQEL (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.91 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
03/24/2023 Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. DEFINITY (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.90 General
Category: CONTRAST AGENT
03/20/2023 Abbott Laboratories AVEIR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.25 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
03/15/2023 Boston Scientific Corporation WATCHMAN Access System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.24 General
Category: WATCHMAN_IC
03/07/2023 PFIZER INC. VYNDAQEL (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.68 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
02/24/2023 Penumbra, Inc. Indigo System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $9.22 General
Category: Peripheral Intervention
01/31/2023 ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) LifeVest (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $18.05 General
Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 2 335 361 $304,383 $43,967
2022 24 1,595 3,688 $1.2M $206,353
2021 32 2,251 6,792 $1.9M $351,492
2020 31 2,355 6,122 $998,549 $325,042
Total Patients
6,536
Total Services
16,963
Medicare Billing
$926,853
Procedure Codes
92

All Medicare Procedures & Services

92 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function Office 2023 309 334 $302,140 $43,716 14.5%
93000 Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report Office 2023 26 27 $2,243 $251.18 11.2%
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function Office 2022 400 416 $366,523 $56,938 15.5%
99490 Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month Office 2022 126 887 $157,425 $37,800 24.0%
99457 Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, first 20 minutes Office 2022 113 756 $162,820 $24,942 15.3%
99454 Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial supply of devices with daily recordings or programmed alerts transmission, each 30 days Office 2022 100 567 $95,018 $21,363 22.5%
92928 Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch Facility 2022 28 31 $79,424 $13,478 17.0%
99232 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes Facility 2022 68 189 $57,044 $10,271 18.0%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 123 135 $28,504 $8,649 30.3%
93351 Ultrasound of heart with continuous electrocardiogram (ecg) during rest, exercise and/or drug induced stress with review and report Office 2022 22 22 $22,006 $3,140 14.3%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes Facility 2022 28 29 $16,566 $2,977 18.0%
93458 Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2022 16 17 $22,698 $2,754 12.1%
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function Facility 2022 47 50 $16,250 $2,716 16.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 41 42 $12,756 $2,705 21.2%
93454 Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2022 21 22 $24,069 $2,484 10.3%
93880 Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow Office 2022 18 19 $20,273 $2,268 11.2%
93455 Insertion of tube in bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2022 13 14 $17,690 $2,067 11.7%
93000 Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report Office 2022 189 213 $15,332 $2,066 13.5%
93459 Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber, coronary artery and bypass graft for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2022 11 11 $16,542 $1,998 12.1%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 15 15 $6,980 $1,688 24.2%
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes Facility 2022 18 20 $8,249 $1,510 18.3%
99439 Chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, additional 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month Office 2022 29 40 $4,374 $1,399 32.0%
99458 Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, each additional 20 minutes Office 2022 21 33 $4,230 $947.36 22.4%
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes Facility 2022 22 24 $2,732 $705.18 25.8%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2022 67 73 $3,919 $686.82 17.5%
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About Dr. Theodore Richards, MD

Dr. Theodore Richards, MD is a Cardiovascular Disease healthcare provider based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 10/14/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1891784518.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Theodore Richards, MD has received a total of $5,910 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $312.33 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 303 transactions from 34 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($5,850).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Richards has provided services to 6,536 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 16,963 services with total Medicare billing of $926,853. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 92 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Cardiovascular Disease
  • Other Specialties Interventional Cardiology
  • Location Chattanooga, TN
  • Active Since 10/14/2005
  • Last Updated 04/27/2015
  • Taxonomy Code 207RC0000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1891784518

Products in Payments

  • ENTRESTO (Drug) $1,130
  • XARELTO (Drug) $479.27
  • LEXISCAN (Drug) $300.01
  • CROSSBOSS (Device) $190.42
  • SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER (Device) $186.67
  • ELIQUIS (Drug) $184.77
  • WATCHMAN (Device) $184.06
  • BRILINTA (Drug) $182.30
  • Indigo System (Device) $167.96
  • CHANTIX (Drug) $163.93
  • LifeVest (Device) $161.69
  • Corlanor (Drug) $143.70
  • Impella (Device) $140.04
  • JARDIANCE (Drug) $129.89
  • DEFINITY (Drug) $128.66
  • VERQUVO (Drug) $125.12
  • WATCHMAN Access System (Device) $115.28
  • LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (Device) $106.24
  • Repatha (Biological) $95.60
  • Vascepa (Drug) $87.63

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Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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