Richard Lochhead, MD
Neurological Surgery · Caldwell, IDNPI 1578743522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,929 of the $4,300 with a category attached, or 68.1%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 43.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,059 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $39 in 2024.
Across 24 payments — averaging $179.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Zimvie Inc.$1K
- Abbott$88
- Medtronic$35
- AbbVie$24
- plus $55 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,92968%
- Food & beverage$3468%
- Other$1,02524%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 11 | $1,868 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 5 | $1,205 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $1,025 |
| Abbott | 1 | $88 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $35 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $14 |
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
$4,300 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 43 neurological 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 112 | $810 |
| Gabapentin | 53 | $292 |
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $282 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Caldwell
- Donald BlaskiewiczBoise$2.1M
- Jeffrey LarsonCoeur D Alene$756K
- Abraham SchlauderaffIdaho Falls$43K
- Paul MontalbanoBoise$27K
- Evan JoyceBoise$25K
- John DickinsonIdaho Falls$17K
- Leonardo BrasilienseBoise$13K
- Brandon KellyIdaho Falls$12K
- Brent GreenwaldIdaho Falls$10K
- Patrick CindrichRupert$9K
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.