Kimberly Chou, MD
Geriatric Medicine · Austin, TXNPI 1255789962
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 59 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $454 and has fallen 76.5% since, to $107 in 2025.
Across 59 payments — averaging $23.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$394
- Organogenesis Inc.$249
- Kerecis Limited$222
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$85
- KCI USA, Inc.$70
- Convatec Inc.$63
- plus $308 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,391100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $394 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 12 | $249 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $222 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $49 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $24 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $21 |
| OVIK Health, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Misonix Inc | 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.
- Affinity$125
How this compares
$1,391 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 275 geriatric medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 23 | $5,018 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 75 | $1,035 |
| Gabapentin | 43 | $888 |
| Lacosamide | 14 | $752 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 45 | $721 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 36 | $663 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 11 | $628 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 20 | $307 |
| Mirtazapine | 13 | $300 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 27 | $296 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $281 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $272 |
| Potassium Chloride | 14 | $269 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 21 | $256 |
| CeftriaxoneCeftriaxone Sodium | 13 | $253 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other geriatric medicine in Austin
- Mauricio Gonzalez-AriasAustin$825K
- Toral ParikhAustin$1K
- Eberenne IgbokwePearland$124K
- Diana KerwinDallas$81K
- David SmithBrownwood$19K
- Alejandro ArizmendiHelotes$15K
- Rosa VizcarraSan Antonio$9K
- George TaffetHouston$9K
- John CarrollCorpus Christi$8K
- Santos SoberonBeaumont$7K
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.