---
title: What industry pays physicians in Idaho (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Idaho
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 12114730
physicians: 4834
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Idaho (2024)

In Idaho, drug and device makers reported **$12,114,730** in general payments to **4,834** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $2,506 each), plus $32,157,155 tied to research and $18,088,265 in ownership interests.

**A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing** — many are research grants, consulting fees, or device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $3,220,586 | 6 | $536,764 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,331,310 | 102 | $22,856 |
| Neurological Surgery | $513,333 | 34 | $15,098 |
| Pediatric Dermatology | $507,881 | 1 | $507,881 |
| Hematology & Oncology | $466,135 | 28 | $16,648 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $401,282 | 12 | $33,440 |
| Family Medicine | $350,980 | 448 | $783 |
| Physician Assistant | $319,563 | 583 | $548 |
| Family | $317,439 | 529 | $600 |
| Nephrology | $218,321 | 17 | $12,842 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | $202,789 | 43 | $4,716 |
| Nurse Practitioner | $183,500 | 261 | $703 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Colin Poole | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $3,207,411 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Carl Humphrey | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,602,603 | ENCORE MEDICAL, LP |
| Elizabeth Swanson | Pediatric Dermatology | $507,881 | Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. |
| Donald Blaskiewicz | Neurological Surgery | $403,570 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Bobby Chawla | Hematology & Oncology | $283,848 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Roland Kent | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $229,263 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Jeffry Menzner | Orthopaedic Surgery | $190,384 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Richard Moore | Orthopaedic Surgery | $186,783 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Amy Belnap | Psychiatric/Mental Health, Child & Adolescent | $180,758 | Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. |
| Arnold Silva | Nephrology | $150,454 | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| John Hatheway | Interventional Pain Medicine | $143,776 | Nalu Medical, Inc. |
| Danko Martincic | Hematology & Oncology | $138,983 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Lucas Anderson | Orthopaedic Surgery | $122,245 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Sherwin D'Souza | Internal Medicine | $116,124 | Lilly USA, LLC |
| Robert Wechsler | Clinical Neurophysiology | $112,282 | UCB, Inc. |
| Kaitlin Neary | Foot and Ankle Surgery | $95,903 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| David Hinchman | Cardiovascular Disease | $88,567 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. |
| Steven Facer | Endodontics | $83,751 | Sonendo Inc |
| Bobbi Bullock | Family | $80,110 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Kenneth Conger | Family Medicine | $77,949 | Xtant Medical Inc |
| Daniel Blizzard | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $73,621 | Alphatec Spine, Inc |
| Samuel Jorgenson | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $68,123 | Omnia Medical, LLC |
| Liang Wu | Nephrology | $66,210 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| Jeffrey Larson | Neurological Surgery | $60,710 | Stryker Corporation |
| Elliot Adams | Vascular Surgery | $54,657 | AngioDynamics, Inc. |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

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