James Kim, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Covina, CANPI 1649698481
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 215 payments — averaging $27.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$124
- Stryker$120
- plus $617 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,940100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 98 | $1,789 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 45 | $1,208 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 18 | $1,075 |
| Boston Scientific | 23 | $1,007 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $124 |
| Stryker | 1 | $120 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $78 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Bayer | 1 | $57 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $34 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $32 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$707
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$262
- SUPERION$233
- PROCLAIM$216
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$136
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$127
- IVS - AUTOPLEX SYSTEM$120
- IVS - IVAS$120
- IVS - AVA$120
- Proclaim IPG$116
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$115
- StimQ Peripheral Nerve StimulatorSystem$105
- SCS FreedonSpinal Cord Stimulator$105
How this compares
$5,940 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 188 interventional pain medicine providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 16 | $8,186 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 195 | $5,277 |
| Lidocaine | 35 | $3,904 |
| Celecoxib | 108 | $2,970 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 95 | $2,685 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 56 | $1,601 |
| Gabapentin | 116 | $1,396 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 54 | $509 |
| Pregabalin | 28 | $494 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $339 |
| Baclofen | 33 | $301 |
| Methocarbamol | 31 | $271 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 19 | $256 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 19 | $251 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 55 | $204 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $48 | $8,18616 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 65th percentile of 188 interventional pain medicine providers in California.
Other interventional pain medicine in Covina
- Dharmesh MehtaCovina$41K
- Tony LiuCovina$19K
- Sheldon JordanSanta Monica$3.1M
- Ezekiel FinkBeverly Hills$2.3M
- Matthew DotyOroville$1.3M
- Tim LeierRancho Mirage$749K
- Pragya GuptaEscondido$647K
- Michael Verdolinla Mesa$563K
- Standiford HelmOrange$476K
- Patrick BuchananCamarillo$453K
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.