Healthcare provider profile · identity verified

Richard L. Cristea, M.D.

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Psychiatry & Neurology|Neurology · MERRILLVILLE, IN · NPI 1992858641

Profile state: payments and partd Open Payments: 2025 Medicare Part D: 2024 Last identity check: 2026-08-10 Page data build: 2026-08-12

Verified facts

What the public records show

CMS Open Payments records show Richard L. Cristea, M.D. received $5,570.51 in general payments during 2025 across 230 reported records.

Biogen, Inc. accounted for 11.9% of that reported general-payment amount.

The Open Payments records used for this analysis explicitly named 51 associated products.

A separate comparison found the same explicitly named product in public Medicare Part D data: Briviact, Nurtec Odt, Rexulti, Ubrelvy.

ABBVIE INC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported UBRELVY as an associated drug or biological on 299803 records involving 61203 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 11 claims for Ubrelvy by this doctor in 2024.

Lundbeck LLC reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported REXULTI as an associated drug or biological on 71829 records involving 25812 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 15 claims for Rexulti by this doctor in 2024.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported MAYZENT as an associated drug or biological on 26 records involving 26 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 28 claims for Mayzent by this doctor in 2024.

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported REXULTI as an associated drug or biological on 160756 records involving 46288 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 15 claims for Rexulti by this doctor in 2024.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported REXULTI as an associated drug or biological on 1463 records involving 1088 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 15 claims for Rexulti by this doctor in 2024.

PFIZER INC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported NURTEC ODT as an associated drug or biological on 217574 records involving 54025 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 51 claims for Nurtec Odt by this doctor in 2024.

UCB, Inc. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported Briviact as an associated drug or biological on 13595 records involving 4444 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 13 claims for Briviact by this doctor in 2024.

These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.

Payment overview · 2025

General Payments

$5,570.51

230 reported records · 41 companies

Separate record types

Research & Ownership

Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data

Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data

Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data

These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.

Who paid this doctor?

Companies in 2025 General Payments

Reported companyCanonical companyAmountShareRecordsYear
Biogen, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $663.3811.9%172025
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $467.628.4%172025
ARGENX US, INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $430.717.7%112025
ABBVIE INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $348.086.2%242025
Neurocrine BioSciences, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $326.415.9%82025
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $237.204.3%192025
Amgen Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $235.754.2%42025
TG Therapeutics, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $234.754.2%72025
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $228.384.1%102025
UCB, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $199.193.6%82025
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $178.673.2%72025
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $172.913.1%62025
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $167.913.0%142025
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $161.952.9%62025
PFIZER INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $153.542.8%132025
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $143.862.6%22025
Eisai Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $137.352.5%22025
Celgene Corporation Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $111.632.0%52025
Lilly USA, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $108.401.9%52025
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $84.811.5%52025
CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $80.921.4%42025
Lundbeck LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $68.871.2%32025
HARMONY BIOSCIENCES LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $65.241.2%42025
Genentech USA, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $54.931.0%32025
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $51.920.9%32025
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $50.810.9%22025
Octapharma USA, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $43.370.8%22025
GENZYME CORPORATION Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $42.660.8%22025
Neurelis, Inc. Neurelis, Inc.
exact · evidence 2025-02-20
$42.410.8%22025
EMD Serono, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $41.230.7%32025
Abbott Laboratories Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $34.030.6%12025
SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $32.790.6%22025
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $24.110.4%12025
Janssen Biotech, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $23.570.4%12025
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $21.700.4%12025
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $21.480.4%12025
SK Life Science, Inc. SK Life Science, Inc.
exact · evidence 2025-04-03
$20.000.4%12025
MDD US Operations, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $19.000.3%12025
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $14.190.2%12025
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $13.480.2%12025
Corium, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $11.300.2%12025

What were the payments for?

Payment categories

CategoryAmountRecords
Food and Beverage$5,413.16228
Consulting Fee$150.001
Education$7.351

A meal, consulting fee, royalty, and travel payment describe different kinds of reported relationships and should not be interpreted as equivalent.

Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products

Products named in Open Payments records

Reported productTypeReported companyRelated amount*RecordsYear
TYSABRI
Normalized: tysabri
Biological Biogen, Inc. $517.09 15 2025
Source payment records
VUMERITY
Normalized: vumerity
Drug Biogen, Inc. $492.09 15 2025
Source payment records
EPIDIOLEX
Normalized: epidiolex
Drug JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $347.17 13 2025
Source payment records
INGREZZA
Normalized: ingrezza
Drug Neurocrine BioSciences, Inc. $326.41 8 2025
Source payment records
VYVGART
Normalized: vyvgart
Drug ARGENX US, INC. $320.77 9 2025
Source payment records
KESIMPTA
Normalized: kesimpta
Drug Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $237.20 19 2025
Source payment records
BRIUMVI
Normalized: briumvi
Drug TG Therapeutics, Inc. $234.75 7 2025
Source payment records
QULIPTA
Normalized: qulipta
Drug ABBVIE INC. $204.68 13 2025
Source payment records
REXULTI
Normalized: rexulti
Drug Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. $194.67 4 2025
Source payment records
LUMRYZ
Normalized: lumryz
Drug Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC $178.67 7 2025
Source payment records
PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL
Normalized: purified cortrophin gel
Drug ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $172.91 6 2025
Source payment records
NUPLAZID
Normalized: nuplazid
Drug ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc $167.91 14 2025
Source payment records
AUSTEDO XR
Normalized: austedo xr
Drug Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $161.95 6 2025
Source payment records
NURTEC ODT
Normalized: nurtec odt
Drug PFIZER INC. $153.54 13 2025
Source payment records
ZAVZPRET
Normalized: zavzpret
Drug PFIZER INC. $153.54 13 2025
Source payment records
UBRELVY
Normalized: ubrelvy
Drug ABBVIE INC. $151.60 11 2025
Source payment records
BOTOX
Normalized: botox
Biological ABBVIE INC. $144.72 9 2025
Source payment records
Sunosi
Normalized: sunosi
Drug Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $143.88 6 2025
Source payment records
Leqembi
Normalized: leqembi
Drug Eisai Inc. $137.35 2 2025
Source payment records
Nayzilam
Normalized: nayzilam
Drug UCB, Inc. $136.94 4 2025
Source payment records
UPLIZNA
Normalized: uplizna
Biological Amgen Inc. $130.11 3 2025
Source payment records
XYWAV
Normalized: xywav
Drug JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $120.45 4 2025
Source payment records
ZEPOSIA
Normalized: zeposia
Drug Celgene Corporation $111.63 5 2025
Source payment records
VYVGART HYTRULO
Normalized: vyvgart hytrulo
Drug ARGENX US, INC. $109.94 2 2025
Source payment records
KISUNLA
Normalized: kisunla
Drug Lilly USA, LLC $108.40 5 2025
Source payment records
AMYVID
Normalized: amyvid
Drug Lilly USA, LLC $88.27 4 2025
Source payment records
PONVORY
Normalized: ponvory
Drug Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $84.81 5 2025
Source payment records
FYCOMPA
Normalized: fycompa
Drug CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $80.92 4 2025
Source payment records
VYEPTI
Normalized: vyepti
Biological Lundbeck LLC $68.87 3 2025
Source payment records
Symbravo
Normalized: symbravo
Drug Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $68.60 3 2025
Source payment records
WAKIX
Normalized: wakix
Drug HARMONY BIOSCIENCES LLC $65.24 4 2025
Source payment records
Briviact
Normalized: briviact
Drug UCB, Inc. $62.25 4 2025
Source payment records
Ocrevus Zunovo
Normalized: ocrevus zunovo
Biological Genentech USA, Inc. $54.93 3 2025
Source payment records
PANZYGA
Normalized: panzyga
Biological Octapharma USA, Inc. $43.37 2 2025
Source payment records
VALTOCO
Normalized: valtoco
Drug Neurelis, Inc. $42.41 2 2025
Source payment records
Bafiertam
Normalized: bafiertam
Drug Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc $35.10 2 2025
Source payment records
Tascenso ODT
Normalized: tascenso odt
Drug Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc $34.33 2 2025
Source payment records
ETERNA
Normalized: eterna
Device Abbott Laboratories $34.03 1 2025
Source payment records
ZTLido
Normalized: ztlido
Drug SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $32.79 2 2025
Source payment records
Motpoly XR
Normalized: motpoly xr
Drug Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $24.11 1 2025
Source payment records
CAPLYTA
Normalized: caplyta
Drug ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $21.70 1 2025
Source payment records
GOMEKLI
Normalized: gomekli
Drug SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. $21.48 1 2025
Source payment records
SKYCLARYS
Normalized: skyclarys
Drug Biogen, Inc. $21.29 1 2025
Source payment records
VRAYLAR
Normalized: vraylar
Drug ABBVIE INC. $20.24 1 2025
Source payment records
Auvelity
Normalized: auvelity
Drug Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $15.90 1 2025
Source payment records
AMPYRA
Normalized: ampyra
Drug Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $14.19 1 2025
Source payment records
INBRIJA
Normalized: inbrija
Drug Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $14.19 1 2025
Source payment records
Xeomin
Normalized: xeomin
Biological Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $14.19 1 2025
Source payment records
CREXONT
Normalized: crexont
Drug Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC $13.48 1 2025
Source payment records
VYALEV
Normalized: vyalev
Drug ABBVIE INC. $12.77 2 2025
Source payment records
Azstarys
Normalized: azstarys
Drug Corium, LLC $11.30 1 2025
Source payment records

* Product-associated amounts are non-additive because one payment record may name more than one product.

These products were named on specific Open Payments records. A named product does not show that the payment influenced treatment or prescribing.

Public prescribing for products named in payments

Open Payments productPayment yearPart D brandPart D yearClaimsMatch methodSource
Briviact
briviact
2025 Briviact 2024 13
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D
NURTEC ODT
nurtec odt
2025 Nurtec Odt 2024 51 exact normalized Medicare Part D
REXULTI
rexulti
2025 Rexulti 2024 15
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D
UBRELVY
ubrelvy
2025 Ubrelvy 2024 11
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D

The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.

Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap

Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D

This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.

Paying companyPayment yearDrug reported by same entityOpen Payments evidencePart DClaimsBeneficiaries
ABBVIE INC.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 UBRELVY
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
299803 supporting records · 61203 recipient NPIs · example record 1201352530
Ubrelvy · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
11 suppressed by CMS
Lundbeck LLC
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 REXULTI
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
71829 supporting records · 25812 recipient NPIs · example record 1251759986
Rexulti · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
15 suppressed by CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 MAYZENT
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
26 supporting records · 26 recipient NPIs · example record 1200006493
Mayzent · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
28 suppressed by CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 REXULTI
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
160756 supporting records · 46288 recipient NPIs · example record 1227267708
Rexulti · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
15 suppressed by CMS
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 REXULTI
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
1463 supporting records · 1088 recipient NPIs · example record 1225319865
Rexulti · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
15 suppressed by CMS
PFIZER INC.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 NURTEC ODT
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
217574 supporting records · 54025 recipient NPIs · example record 1228794063
Nurtec Odt · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
51 11
UCB, Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 Briviact
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
13595 supporting records · 4444 recipient NPIs · example record 1224348489
Briviact · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
13 suppressed by CMS

These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.

Public Medicare Part D data

Provider-and-drug rows loaded for 2024

BrandGenericClaimsBeneficiaries
Duloxetine HclDuloxetine Hcl26092
GabapentinGabapentin240103
Sertraline HclSertraline Hcl18275
RivastigmineRivastigmine Tartrate11432
RivastigmineRivastigmine8731
Memantine HclMemantine Hcl8227
AmantadineAmantadine Hcl7831
BaclofenBaclofen7831
DiazepamDiazepam7534
PregabalinPregabalin7034
LevetiracetamLevetiracetam5520
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate5111
Tizanidine HclTizanidine Hcl4924
Tramadol HclTramadol Hcl48suppressed
Escitalopram OxalateEscitalopram Oxalate3812
LamotrigineLamotrigine3813
Dalfampridine ErDalfampridine33suppressed
PhenobarbitalPhenobarbital33suppressed
MirtazapineMirtazapine3113
PrimidonePrimidone3113
AlprazolamAlprazolam30suppressed
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa2914
Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine28suppressed
MayzentSiponimod28suppressed
ClonazepamClonazepam27suppressed
Kesimpta PenOfatumumab27suppressed
LacosamideLacosamide26suppressed
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen24suppressed
RizatriptanRizatriptan Benzoate2416
TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide21suppressed
AcetazolamideAcetazolamide18suppressed
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate18suppressed
Donepezil HclDonepezil Hcl1811
Zolpidem Tartrate ErZolpidem Tartrate18suppressed
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine16suppressed
RexultiBrexpiprazole15suppressed
LorazepamLorazepam14suppressed
Phenytoin Sodium ExtendedPhenytoin Sodium Extended14suppressed
BriviactBrivaracetam13suppressed
Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl12suppressed
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen12suppressed
PhenytekPhenytoin Sodium Extended12suppressed
TopiramateTopiramate12suppressed
Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine11suppressed
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm11suppressed
UbrelvyUbrogepant11suppressed

Timeline

Payment and prescribing data by year

Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.

YearGeneral PaymentsMain payerExplicit productsCompany overlapsPart D coverage
2025 $5,570.51 · 230 records Biogen, Inc. AMPYRA, AMYVID, AUSTEDO XR, Auvelity, Azstarys, BOTOX, BRIUMVI, Bafiertam, Briviact, CAPLYTA, CREXONT, EPIDIOLEX, ETERNA, FYCOMPA, GOMEKLI, INBRIJA, INGREZZA, KESIMPTA, KISUNLA, LUMRYZ, Leqembi, Motpoly XR, NUPLAZID, NURTEC ODT, Nayzilam, Ocrevus Zunovo, PANZYGA, PONVORY, PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL, QULIPTA, REXULTI, SKYCLARYS, Sunosi, Symbravo, TYSABRI, Tascenso ODT, UBRELVY, UPLIZNA, VALTOCO, VRAYLAR, VUMERITY, VYALEV, VYEPTI, VYVGART, VYVGART HYTRULO, WAKIX, XYWAV, Xeomin, ZAVZPRET, ZEPOSIA, ZTLido 7
2024 Complete

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DatasetYearPublicationSource
CMS Open Payments — General Payments 2025 2026-06-30 Original source
Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug 2024 2026-05-06 Original source
NPPES Data Dissemination V2 current / reference data 2026-08-10 Original source

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