Richard Lee-Ching, MD
Family Medicine · Hilo, HINPI 1174630727
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 67 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 25.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,541 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $196 in 2025.
Across 67 payments — averaging $52.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$890
- Lilly USA, LLC$492
- Novo Nordisk$478
- Johnson & Johnson$417
- Pfizer$322
- AbbVie$240
- plus $651 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,43898%
- Education$542%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 10 | $890 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $492 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $478 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $417 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $322 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $240 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $133 |
| Amgen | 2 | $111 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $97 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $85 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Bayer | 1 | $64 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$3,492 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 376 family medicine providers in Hawaii.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 42 | $74,542 |
| EliquisApixaban | 34 | $46,589 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 21 | $45,361 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 15 | $22,287 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 21 | $21,873 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 22 | $15,719 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $11,665 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 17 | $9,811 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 209 | $8,069 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 16 | $5,942 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 151 | $4,419 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 129 | $4,400 |
| Qvar RedihalerBeclomethasone Dipropionate | 12 | $4,182 |
| Fluticasone Propionate HfaFluticasone Propionate | 13 | $3,946 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 141 | $2,785 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $492 | $74,54242 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $322 | $46,58934 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $478 | $45,36121 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $890 | $11,66514 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 85th percentile of 376 family medicine providers in Hawaii.
Other family medicine in Hilo
- Buddy FesterlingHilo$20K
- Roy KogaHilo$20K
- Douglas OlsenHilo$13K
- Kara OkaharaHilo$9K
- Charles SonidoHilo$8K
- Matthew DykemaHilo$8K
- Gina Marie SalcedoHilo$3K
- Brian StolleyKihei$126K
- Vicente RamoHonolulu$34K
- Edward AlqueroWaipahu$24K
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.