Kenneth Lucero, MD
Family Medicine · Blythe, CANPI 1417079989
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 77 payments — averaging $19.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$393
- Merck$188
- Lilly USA, LLC$132
- Amgen$112
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$81
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$67
- plus $547 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,521100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 12 | $393 |
| Merck | 11 | $188 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $132 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $112 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $67 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $62 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $52 |
| Novartis | 3 | $51 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $48 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $40 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $39 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $27 |
| Prytime Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$111
How this compares
$1,521 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 194 | $167,256 |
| EliquisApixaban | 178 | $153,727 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 41 | $71,287 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 47 | $46,274 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 37 | $39,704 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 57 | $38,362 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 34 | $30,024 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 29 | $29,416 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 25 | $27,366 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 44 | $26,725 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 42 | $24,380 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 14 | $20,147 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $11,769 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 275 | $9,020 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 15 | $8,766 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Combivent Respimat | $27 | $205,438238 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $39 | $153,727178 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $393 | $71,28741 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $48 | $50,17048 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $51 | $46,27447 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $62 | $38,36257 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $18 | $32,93036 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $188 | $26,72544 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $52 | $24,38042 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in Blythe
- Amina HaggagNorthridge$112.8M
- Steven ReynoldsLong Beach$53M
- Rizwana MohseniLake Forest$26.7M
- Daniel JohnsonSan Diego$15.7M
- Stacey LayleSan Diego$14.8M
- Apinya VutikullirdCypress$14.3M
- Hanid AudishSpring Valley$13.6M
- Augusto FocilOxnard$12.6M
- Jack VuLong Beach$10.1M
- Suzanne FussellOxnard$8.9M
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.