Clinton Kaufman, DO
Surgery · Paducah, KYNPI 1134566805
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (59.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 84.8% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,720 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $17 in 2025.
Across 97 payments — averaging $139.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$11K
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$838
- AbbVie$392
- Davol Inc.$207
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$142
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$61
- plus $405 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,84121%
- Food & beverage$2,64520%
- Education$8,00059%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 37 | $11,441 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 7 | $838 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 23 | $392 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $207 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $142 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $61 |
| Stryker | 1 | $49 |
| Merck | 2 | $48 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $38 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $35 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $34 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $23 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$9,674
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- ESOPHYX$675
- Phasix Mesh$133
- EXPAREL$125
How this compares
$13,486 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 377 surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 37 | $1,503 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 57 | $450 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 18 | $167 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $33 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Paducah
- Paige QuinteroPaducah$20K
- Kristen WilliamsPaducah$18K
- Eric SmithAshland$1.1M
- John RothLexington$820K
- John OldhamLouisville$515K
- George MundayDanville$271K
- Amber KoonHenderson$210K
- Frank MillerLouisville$119K
- Jared DavisLouisville$89K
- Aaron HouseCorbin$79K
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.