Lima USA, Inc.: payments to doctors
Reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act for Open Payments program years 2019–2025. Figures group every CMS reporting entity belonging to this corporate parent.
- Total reported
- $2.5M
- Providers paid
- 465
- Transactions
- 2,905
- Average per transaction
- $854
The average per transaction — $854 — is the number worth reading. A large total spread across hundreds of thousands of transactions is a company buying a great many modest meals at educational presentations. A large total across few transactions means consulting, speaking or royalty arrangements with a small number of physicians. The totals alone do not distinguish them.
Where the money went
| State | Total reported | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | $394,791 | 15.9% |
| New York | $371,551 | 15.0% |
| Arizona | $305,485 | 12.3% |
| Texas | $217,977 | 8.8% |
| Michigan | $184,106 | 7.4% |
| Florida | $183,095 | 7.4% |
| Illinois | $140,688 | 5.7% |
| North Carolina | $131,683 | 5.3% |
| Oklahoma | $89,723 | 3.6% |
| Colorado | $43,785 | 1.8% |
| Pennsylvania | $42,243 | 1.7% |
| Missouri | $40,625 | 1.6% |
| Utah | $31,338 | 1.3% |
| New Jersey | $28,759 | 1.2% |
| Indiana | $27,491 | 1.1% |
| Arkansas | $25,516 | 1.0% |
| Georgia | $25,503 | 1.0% |
| Minnesota | $25,077 | 1.0% |
| North Dakota | $20,120 | 0.8% |
| Massachusetts | $16,768 | 0.7% |
| Tennessee | $16,756 | 0.7% |
| Louisiana | $16,639 | 0.7% |
| New Mexico | $15,686 | 0.6% |
| Nevada | $12,765 | 0.5% |
| Iowa | $12,276 | 0.5% |
| Idaho | $11,837 | 0.5% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $10,573 | 0.4% |
| Rhode Island | $10,015 | 0.4% |
| Alabama | $4,808 | 0.2% |
| Kansas | $3,564 | 0.1% |
| Virginia | $3,321 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $2,247 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $2,211 | 0.1% |
| Washington | $1,980 | 0.1% |
| Ohio | $1,975 | 0.1% |
| Mississippi | $1,855 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $1,526 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $1,229 | 0.0% |
| Oregon | $1,105 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $527 | 0.0% |
| South Carolina | $239 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $186 | 0.0% |
| Maryland | $131 | 0.0% |
| AP | $126 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $121 | 0.0% |
| Kentucky | $107 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $93 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | $90 | 0.0% |