Industry payments to physicians · New Mexico · 2024

New Mexico

In New Mexico, drug and device makers reported $97M in general payments to 4,688 covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for 2024 — a mean of $20,675 each — plus $20M tied to research and $19M in ownership interests.

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

$97M

general payments

4,688

covered recipients paid

$20,675

mean per physician

Top specialties in New Mexico

General payments by specialty; the figure on the right is the average per physician.

Endodontics $91M $10,121,163/phys

Surgery $454,135 $5,046/phys

Internal Medicine $393,492 $1,977/phys

Orthopaedic Surgery $384,292 $4,686/phys

Ophthalmology $377,127 $6,857/phys

Rheumatology $318,317 $10,976/phys

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine $261,422 $43,570/phys

Family $248,615 $410/phys

Neurology $236,171 $4,542/phys

Maternal & Fetal Medicine $182,833 $60,944/phys

Hematology $180,439 $36,088/phys

Family Medicine $121,603 $334/phys

Highest-paid physicians in New Mexico

By total general payments, 2024 — largely device royalties to inventor-physicians.

Charles Goodis Endodontics · Albuquerque · top payer: Edge Endo LLC $91M

Hillary Norton Rheumatology · Santa Fe · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $304,131

Douglas Orndorff Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Albuquerque · top payer: Orthofix Medical, Inc. $238,332

Mario Leyba Surgery · Albuquerque · top payer: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $205,111

Lana Melendres Groves Internal Medicine · Albuquerque · top payer: United Therapeutics Corporation $199,285

Mark Gallardo Ophthalmology · Las Cruces · top payer: Glaukos Corporation $182,569

Michael Ruma Maternal & Fetal Medicine · Albuquerque · top payer: HOLOGIC INC $181,188

Hank Hanna Hematology · Albuquerque · top payer: CSL Plasma Inc. $177,115

Deana Mercer Orthopaedic Surgery · Albuquerque · top payer: Skeletal Dynamics Inc $158,194

Kyrieckos Aleck Clinical Genetics (M.D.) · Albuquerque · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $120,227

Edward Lewiecki Internal Medicine · Albuquerque · top payer: Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $99,336

Kader Abdelerahman Neurology · Albuquerque · top payer: EMD Serono, Inc. $86,659

Robert Melendez Ophthalmology · Albuquerque · top payer: Alcon Vision LLC $85,651

Michael Blea Surgery · Albuquerque · top payer: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $77,211

Glenn Terry Dentist · Alamogordo · top payer: ZIMVIE INC. $76,826

Patricio Escalona Psychiatry · Albuquerque · top payer: Alkermes, Inc. $70,603

Mark Bieniarz Interventional Cardiology · Albuquerque · top payer: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $60,950

Charles Schlesinger General Practice · Albuquerque · top payer: Prismatik Dentalcraft, Inc. $58,600

Dan Guttman Orthopaedic Surgery · Taos · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $55,900

John Pitcher Ophthalmology · Albuquerque · top payer: Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $54,731

Weiwei Dai Neurology · Rio Rancho · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $54,366

John Anderson Podiatrist · Alamogordo · top payer: Vilex LLC $54,264

Elaine Edmonds Neurology · Albuquerque · top payer: EMD Serono, Inc. $54,210

Kathleen Madden Unspecified · Albuquerque · top payer: CSL Plasma Inc. $50,300

George Brasinikas Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine · Gallup · top payer: Kedplasma LLC $42,000

RECORDED — CMS Open Payments figures for program year 2024. DERIVED — state totals, per-physician means, and rankings are sums over those records.

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What this is — and is not

A disclosure record of industry–physician financial ties in New Mexico — not evidence that any payment influenced care, not a measure of a physician's quality, and not advice about your own doctor. To verify a specific physician, search CMS Open Payments directly.