Richard Lautzenheiser
Rheumatology · Indianapolis, INNPI 1609852227
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.1%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 57.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,205 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $122 in 2025.
Across 141 payments — averaging $44.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$4K
- AbbVie$807
- Novartis$401
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$198
- Pfizer$191
- Lilly USA, LLC$178
- plus $889 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,70043%
- Food & beverage$3,42655%
- Education$891%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 44 | $3,551 |
| AbbVie | 19 | $807 |
| Novartis | 15 | $401 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $198 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $191 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $178 |
| GSK | 4 | $167 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $141 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $126 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $37 |
| Gilead | 2 | $32 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $15 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$6,215 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 106 rheumatology providers in Indiana.
Other rheumatology in Indianapolis
- David BattIndianapolis$577K
- Douglas SmithIndianapolis$147K
- Inna AroutiounovaIndianapolis$102K
- James CohenIndianapolis$76K
- James EhlichIndianapolis$27K
- Christopher WuIndianapolis$26K
- Methee SrivatanaIndianapolis$10K
- Mary JacobsIndianapolis$9K
- Randall ReedIndianapolis$7K
- Steven NeucksIndianapolis$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.