Christopher Kim
Orthopaedic Surgery · West Des Moines, IANPI 1013303411
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 36.5% of the total.
Across 98 payments — averaging $100.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Elite Orthopedics, LLC$3K
- Wardlow Enterprises$920
- Stryker$812
- Prism Medical$742
- Johnson & Johnson$344
- plus $229 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,48345%
- Food & beverage$2,76628%
- Education$2,63127%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 52 | $3,610 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 3 | $3,223 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 5 | $920 |
| Stryker | 19 | $812 |
| Prism Medical | 4 | $742 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $344 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $125 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $69 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
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.
- NOVOSTITCH$111
- MOTOBAND$104
How this compares
$9,880 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 219 orthopaedic surgery providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 65 | $586 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 36 | $272 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $160 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in West Des Moines
- Zachary RiesWest Des Moines$43K
- Barron BremnerWest Des Moines$22K
- Kawsu BarryWest Des Moines$8K
- John CallaghanIowa City$23.3M
- Brian AdamsIowa City$865K
- Cesar de Cesar NettoIowa City$693K
- Lynn NelsonBelmond$285K
- Robert WestermannIowa City$182K
- Joseph BuckwalterIowa City$132K
- Brendan PattersonIowa City$122K
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.