Joseph Kim, MD
Surgery · Lexington, KYNPI 1295804052
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Genentech USA, Inc. at 30.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $18,484 and has fallen 76.5% since, to $4,345 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 84 payments — averaging $556.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech USA, Inc.$14K
- Sirtex Medical Inc$13K
- Merck$10K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Elucent Medical$1K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$690
- plus $3K from 12 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $53,504 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.
- Merck$1M
- Exelixis Inc.$368K
- Genentech, Inc.$172K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,05022%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,23045%
- Travel & lodging$7,06715%
- Food & beverage$5,39512%
- Education$3,0006%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 20 | $14,328 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 11 | $12,908 |
| Merck | 1 | $10,000 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $4,327 |
| Elucent Medical | 2 | $1,224 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 7 | $690 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 5 | $583 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $570 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 9 | $541 |
| Intera Oncology, Inc | 3 | $297 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 2 | $271 |
| BK Medical Holding Company Inc. | 1 | $190 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $184 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $147 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Novartis | 1 | $130 |
| Epizyme, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
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.
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$12,706
- Avastin$12,447
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,288
- ONIVYDE$396
- TECENTRIQ$393
- Nanoknife$388
- LigaSure$223
- XT CDX$222
- bk3000, bk3500 & bk5000 Ultrasound System$190
- Cabometyx$162
- KISQALI$130
- Phasix Mesh$127
- Tempus Pixel$125
- INTERA$123
- SOMATULINE DEPOT$117
- Signia$114
How this compares
$46,742 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 17 | $37,405 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Lexington
- John RothLexington$820K
- Rachel MathisLexington$26K
- Michael TottenLexington$19K
- Joshua SteinerLexington$16K
- Gustavo HuertaLexington$15K
- Matthew BaileyLexington$13K
- Eric SmithAshland$1.1M
- John OldhamLouisville$515K
- George MundayDanville$271K
- Amber KoonHenderson$210K
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.