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Michael T. Lawton, MD

NPI 1073562294ActiveIndividual· Neurological Surgery· Phoenix, AZ

Neurological Surgery (MD) in Phoenix, Arizona, trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (class of 1990). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $102,526 for 111 patients in 2024, with only 25 Part D claims. Katalyst Surgical, LLC was the largest of 4 companies reporting payments in 2025, $54,695 in all, mostly royalties and licenses.

Overview

NPI1073562294
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedMay 6, 2006
Last updated in NPPESSep 11, 2019

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Neurological Surgery Primary207T00000X23468AZ
Neurological Surgery207T00000XA62104CA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Neurosurgery (AZ); Practitioner - Neurosurgery (CA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients111
Services billed200 across 34 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$102,526

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)25 · 27 30-day fills
Patients22
Total drug cost$153.74
Generic share92% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Graduation year1990
Medicare specialtyNeurosurgery
TelehealthOffers telehealth

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$54,695 · 27 payments from 4 companies
  • 2024$150,680 · 34 payments from 6 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Royalty or License$40,459 · 5 payments
  • Consulting Fee$9,990 · 3 payments
  • Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2,960 · 1 payment
  • Travel and Lodging$962.83 · 7 payments
  • Food and Beverage$322.63 · 11 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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