Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.

Dr. Rivka Ihejirika-Lomedico

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · NPI 1487002614

Dr. Rivka Ihejirika-Lomedico practises Orthopedic Surgery in Santa Barbara, California. Graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2016, 10 years ago. Practices with Alta Orthopaedic Medical Group Inc, a 22-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California, Massachusetts and New York.

Years since qualifying
10
Trained at
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA, MA, NY
In the registry since
2016
Specialties on file
3

Practice location Address checks out

511 Bath St
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-3403
Phone: (805) 963-9377
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence A185582 (CA)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 293379 (NY)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 290991 (MA)

Record details

NPI number1487002614
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 27, 2016
Last updated in NPPESJuly 30, 2026
Certification dateJuly 30, 2026

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2016 (10 years in practice)
Group practice Alta Orthopaedic Medical Group Inc — 22 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Spinal fusion 197 times · 90th percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 56 times · 81st percentile
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients601
Services billed 4,067 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $51,802 31 payments
Travel and Lodging $15,898 27 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $3,369 50 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Alta Orthopaedic Medical Group Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 22 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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