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Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD

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Specializes in: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

2300 E 30th Street Suite 101
Farmington, NM 87401

Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD is an orthopedist in Farmington, NM specializing in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery.

Office Locations

2300 E 30th Street Suite 101
Farmington, NM 87401

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In The News

“Wilson comes to CNOS from UnityPoint Health -- Fort Dodge and joins Dr. Richard Lawton in his orthopaedic surgical practice.”—"CNOS/UnityPoint Health welcomes Wilson as PA", The Messenger, December 2021

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM during 2012 were X-rays, musculoskeletal imaging, hip imaging and pelvic imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	35
doctor visit	354
hip imaging	102
injections	35
joint surgery	43
lower extremity surgery	43
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	41
musculoskeletal imaging	177
pelvic imaging	63
reconstructive surgery	43
X-rays	199

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM during 2013 were X-rays, musculoskeletal imaging, hip imaging and pelvic imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	37
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	11
doctor visit	315
hip imaging	99
injections	37
joint surgery	64
lower extremity surgery	53
minimally invasive procedures	11
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	36
musculoskeletal imaging	181
open surgery	13
pelvic imaging	77
reconstructive surgery	53
upper extremity surgery	24
X-rays	222

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD.

**Gender**
Male	120
Female	135

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	222
Black	0
Hispanic	15
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	156
From 75 to 84	70
85 and over	12
Less than 65	17

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2013

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	39
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	5
Diabetes	15
Dementia	0
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM during 2014 were X-rays, musculoskeletal imaging, hip imaging and pelvic imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	30
doctor visit	337
hip imaging	83
injections	30
joint surgery	52
lower extremity surgery	52
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	30
musculoskeletal imaging	164
pelvic imaging	68
reconstructive surgery	52
X-rays	202

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD.

**Gender**
Male	115
Female	133

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	221
Black	0
Hispanic	11
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	158
From 75 to 84	56
85 and over	13
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2014

Hypertension	50
High Cholesterol	32
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	19
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	14
Dementia	0
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM during 2015 were X-rays, musculoskeletal imaging, hip imaging and reconstructive surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	39
doctor visit	336
hip imaging	79
injections	39
joint surgery	60
lower extremity surgery	60
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	36
musculoskeletal imaging	174
pelvic imaging	53
reconstructive surgery	60
X-rays	191

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD.

**Gender**
Male	264
Female	288

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	494
Black	0
Hispanic	22
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	344
From 75 to 84	130
85 and over	30
Less than 65	48

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2015

Hypertension	47
High Cholesterol	36
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	5
Diabetes	13
Dementia	0
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM during 2016 were musculoskeletal imaging, joint surgery, upper extremity surgery and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	35
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	16
doctor visit	316
hip imaging	33
injections	35
joint surgery	63
lower extremity surgery	36
minimally invasive procedures	16
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	50
musculoskeletal imaging	98
open surgery	28
reconstructive surgery	47
tendon surgery	13
upper extremity surgery	55
X-rays	48

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD.

**Gender**
Male	141
Female	127

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	240
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	163
From 75 to 84	68
85 and over	11
Less than 65	26

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2016

Hypertension	51
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	16
Dementia	4
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM during 2017 were X-rays, spinal procedures, reconstructive surgery and joint surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	37
doctor visit	299
injections	37
joint surgery	38
lower extremity surgery	38
open surgery	23
reconstructive surgery	38
spinal procedures	100
tendon surgery	12
upper extremity surgery	23
X-rays	100

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD.

**Gender**
Male	266
Female	289

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	494
Black	0
Hispanic	34
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	327
From 75 to 84	152
85 and over	27
Less than 65	49

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2017

Hypertension	51
High Cholesterol	39
Stroke	2
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	18
Dementia	3
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM during 2018 were aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	31
doctor visit	202
injections	31

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD.

**Gender**
Male	73
Female	91

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	146
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	98
From 75 to 84	50
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2018

Hypertension	48
High Cholesterol	32
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	20
Dementia	0
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM during 2019 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	19
doctor visit	156
injections	19
musculoskeletal imaging	11
X-rays	11

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD.

**Gender**
Male	57
Female	101

**Age**
From 65 to 74	70
From 75 to 84	44
85 and over	21
Less than 65	23

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2019

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	37
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	32
Dementia	8
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM during 2020 were X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	70
musculoskeletal imaging	19
X-rays	19

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD.

**Gender**
Male	33
Female	85

**Age**
From 65 to 74	54
From 75 to 84	32
85 and over	18
Less than 65	14

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2020

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	37
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	25
Dementia	10
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2020

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated as an orthopedist in Farmington, NM were X-rays, musculoskeletal imaging, spinal procedures and hip imaging.

aspiration	32
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	13
doctor visit	265
hip imaging	79
injections	32
joint surgery	53
lower extremity surgery	47
minimally invasive procedures	13
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	38
musculoskeletal imaging	117
open surgery	21
pelvic imaging	65
reconstructive surgery	48
spinal procedures	100
tendon surgery	12
upper extremity surgery	34
X-rays	124

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2020

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD.

**Gender**
Male	118
Female	138

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	201
Hispanic	9
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	66
85 and over	14
Less than 65	22
65 to 74	152

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD From 2012 - 2020

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	48
High Cholesterol	36
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	8
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	17
Atrial Fibrillation	7
Cancer	8
Dementia	2

Education & Training

He has a state license in South Dakota.

Licensed In: South Dakota

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Stryker Corporation	$557 TRIATHLON $198	Mako $123	KNEES $107	JOINT PRESERVATION $59	Reunion $31	Other $38
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP	$105 DJO Surgical FMP Acetabular System $105
NUVASIVE, INC.	$89 $89
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.	$59 TFN ADVANCED $29	NA $18	LCP $12
KCI USA, Inc	$22 VAC THERAPY $22
Other	$36 Orthalign Plus $14	Comp Reverse Shoulder E $10	$12

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$867

Biography

Dr. Richard Lawton is an orthopedics/orthopedic surgery specialist in Farmington, NM. He attended medical school at Emory University School of Medicine.

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In The News

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2013

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2014

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2015

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2016

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2017

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2018

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2019

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD in 2020

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2020

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2020

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Lawrence Lawton, MD From 2012 - 2020

Education & Training

Ratings & Reviews

General Payments

Biography

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