Harvey Chim, MD
Plastic Surgery · Gainesville, FLNPI 1750581120
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.8%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 42.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $18,047 and has fallen 65.0% since, to $6,310 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 141 payments — averaging $311.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$19K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$9K
- Alafair Biosciences, Inc.$4K
- Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$2K
- Polynovo North America LLC$1K
- plus $5K from 24 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $2284.20 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.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$7K
- AbbVie$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,47512%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,90050%
- Travel & lodging$3,4388%
- Food & beverage$13,05830%
- Entertainment$1000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 22 | $18,694 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 19 | $9,353 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 16 | $4,438 |
| Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $2,886 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 15 | $2,000 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 15 | $1,355 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $750 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $480 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 5 | $477 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $400 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 4 | $351 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 2 | $325 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $285 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 2 | $268 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 5 | $253 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $183 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| BD | 1 | $153 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Renerve Ltd | 1 | $128 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $121 |
| Integrum Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 2 | $118 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $115 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $86 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $52 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$17,717
- TENOGLIDE$8,245
- NEURAGEN$8,106
- VersaWrap$4,173
- ALLAY NERVE CAP - SMALL NERVE SET$2,876
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$2,264
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$2,264
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$2,131
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$2,131
- INTEGRA$1,626
- Checkpoint Stimulators$1,569
- Novosorb BTM$801
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$680
- PRIMATRIX$554
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$551
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$480
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$473
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$470
- MATRIXCOMBO$400
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$325
How this compares
$43,971 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 456 plastic surgery providers in Florida.
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.
Other plastic surgery in Gainesville
- Adam KatzGainesville$62K
- John TyroneGainesville$61K
- Robert RehnkeSt Petersburg$6.1M
- Anthony DardanoBoca Raton$586K
- Devinder SinghMiami$407K
- Brad HermanSouth Miami$293K
- Melanie Aya-AyTampa$283K
- Gloria YeeMiami$268K
- Daniel KappWest Palm Beach$252K
- Essie Kueberuwa YatesWeston$197K
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.