Ellen Kim
Family Medicine · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1275600637
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 2 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Novartis. That places this record below the midpoint for family medicine clinicians in NM, where the typical reported total is $144.
Across 2 payments — averaging $17.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$36
Across 475 payments — averaging $4617.42 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.
- AbbVie$1.1M
- Modernatx, Inc.$357K
- Merck$261K
- Novartis$143K
- GSK$126K
- Eli Lilly$70K
- plus $146K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$36100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
How this compares
$36 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 717 family medicine providers in New Mexico.
Other family medicine in Albuquerque
- Carletta BullockAlbuquerque$60K
- Robert BairAlbuquerque$44K
- Timothy GrenemyerAlbuquerque$10K
- Cheri BlackstenAlbuquerque$9K
- Michael MontoyaAlbuquerque$7K
- Yvonne Vanarsdale-ImaniAlbuquerque$7K
- Donald OrtizAlbuquerque$7K
- Satkirin KhalsaAlbuquerque$6K
- Angela RomeroAlbuquerque$5K
- H Preston MatthewsAlbuquerque$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.