Chee Kim, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Williamsville, NYNPI 1013974245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $176,800 of the $266,019 with a category attached, or 66.5%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 56.9% of the total. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 629 payments — averaging $422.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$151K
- Medtronic$108K
- Abbott$3K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$2K
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$480
- Johnson & Johnson$237
- plus $887 from 14 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $2307.83 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Boston Scientific$37K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$48,12518%
- Speaking & faculty fees$176,80066%
- Travel & lodging$22,0078%
- Food & beverage$19,0627%
- Education$240%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 363 | $151,264 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 105 | $108,282 |
| Abbott | 67 | $2,761 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 16 | $2,108 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 12 | $480 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $237 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $172 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $165 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $98 |
| Merck | 5 | $93 |
| Amgen | 5 | $89 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Novartis | 4 | $54 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $20 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- GENERAL EP$35,216
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$26,318
- VersaCross Access Solution$16,023
- Farapulse$15,303
- Arctic Front$12,627
- WATCHMAN Access System$6,511
- Watchman$5,363
- RHYTHMIA$4,049
- OPTIMIZER$3,837
- Attain$3,150
- Rhythmia Mapping System$2,750
- AVEIR$962
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$350
- LUX-DX$220
- RESONATE$209
- Micra$164
- Confirm Rx$143
- ZIO XT Patch$143
- Assurity Pacemaker$141
- Azure$130
How this compares
$266,019 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,302 cardiovascular disease providers in New York.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 30 | $32,281 |
| Acebutolol Hcl | 35 | $975 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 62 | $903 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 74 | $800 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 37 | $613 |
| Sotalol AfSotalol Hcl | 11 | $165 |
| Lisinopril | 15 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $172 | $32,28130 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 2,302 cardiovascular disease providers in New York.
Other cardiovascular disease in Williamsville
- Jai WadhwaniWilliamsville$263K
- Roger HajjarNew York$5.2M
- Szilard VorosStony Brook$3.7M
- Gregg StoneNew York$2M
- Augustin DelagoAlbany$1.8M
- Philippe GenereuxNew York$1.3M
- Adam RosenbluthNew York$1.1M
- Luigi di BiaseBronx$978K
- Vijay IyerAmherst$855K
- Megha PrasadNew York$813K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.