Joseph Lynch, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Boise, IDNPI 1205944303
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $100,476 of the $139,962 with a category attached, or 71.8%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 61.1% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $41,612 and has fallen 61.2% since, to $16,143 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in ID with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 238 payments — averaging $588.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$86K
- Catalyst Orthoscience$43K
- Encore Medical, LP$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Arthrex$499
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$255
- plus $900 from 6 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $1271.76 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.
- Zimmer Biomet$22K
Across 5 payments — averaging $15,719 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Catalyst Orthoscience$79K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$100,47672%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,3152%
- Travel & lodging$11,4338%
- Food & beverage$7,8146%
- Education$16,92512%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 157 | $85,559 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 45 | $43,017 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 10 | $8,284 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $1,450 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $499 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 3 | $255 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 3 | $249 |
| Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc | 3 | $177 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $135 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
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.
- ZIPTIGHT$20,438
- Archer CSR Total Shoulder System$16,150
- Archer R1 Reverse Shoulder System$16,150
- Maxbraid Boxed Sutures$16,000
- ALLIANCE$14,525
- Juggerstitch$10,938
- Juggerknotless$10,125
- Ventix$9,275
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$7,867
- DJO SURGICAL$6,876
- RELIGN$6,250
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$4,621
- Catalyst TSR$4,500
- Catalyst Total CSR$4,454
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$3,849
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$3,464
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$2,393
- Juggerknot-Sports Medicine$1,242
- Biowick$1,000
- AC Joint Ziptight$1,000
How this compares
$139,962 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 139 orthopaedic surgery providers in Idaho.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 64 | $1,546 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 47 | $495 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 48 | $170 |
| Ibuprofen | 16 | $72 |
| Amoxicillin | 20 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Boise
- Richard MooreBoise$7.4M
- Roman SchwartsmanBoise$358K
- Jeffry MenznerBoise$194K
- Christopher HiroseBoise$182K
- Tracye LawyerBoise$129K
- Jared JohnsonBoise$82K
- Andrew CurranBoise$34K
- Michael CurtinBoise$33K
- Ronald KristensenBoise$29K
- Ryan ApplonieBoise$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.