Paul Kim, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Dallas, TXNPI 1013971027
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by KCI USA, Inc. at 50.1% of the total. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in TX 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 649 payments — averaging $1429.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KCI USA, Inc.$465K
- Polynovo North America LLC$220K
- Solventum Corporation$111K
- Smith+Nephew$48K
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$30K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$20K
- plus $33K from 13 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $8823.53 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.
- KCI USA, Inc.$32K
- Smith+Nephew$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$405,43444%
- Speaking & faculty fees$380,09941%
- Grants$2,5000%
- Travel & lodging$107,81212%
- Food & beverage$15,3232%
- Education$16,7042%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KCI USA, Inc. | 334 | $464,509 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 85 | $220,284 |
| Solventum Corporation | 59 | $111,356 |
| Smith+Nephew | 57 | $48,199 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 27 | $29,728 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 51 | $20,470 |
| Medline Industries LP | 7 | $12,730 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 11 | $12,204 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 2 | $5,241 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $1,600 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 4 | $837 |
| Stryker | 1 | $161 |
| Novastep Inc. | 2 | $147 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $130 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $121 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$277,171
- Novosorb BTM$219,264
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$204,568
- PREVENA$181,629
- VAC VERAFLO$140,626
- V.A.C. DERMATAC$131,008
- 3M Cavilon$74,190
- V.A.C. ULTA$51,752
- DERMATAC$41,371
- VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP$29,258
- PROMOGRAN PRISMA$22,250
- Bair Hugger$21,782
- PREVENA RESTOR BELLAFORM$20,403
- ACTIV.A.C.$20,322
- SNAP$20,012
- ABTHERA ADVANCE$17,002
- RENASYS TOUCH$16,893
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$16,065
- ALLEVYN LIFE L 15.4X15.4 CTN10$14,941
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$14,513
How this compares
$927,873 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 684 foot & ankle surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 40 | $461 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 29 | $404 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 27 | $260 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 24 | $185 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Dallas
- Eugene CurryDallas$3.1M
- John EarlyDallas$553K
- Dane WukichDallas$189K
- Charles CookDallas$92K
- Trapper LalliDallas$74K
- Veerabhadra ReddyDallas$59K
- John NoackDallas$49K
- William McGarveyKaty$3.5M
- Graham HamiltonEdinburg$2.1M
- Mark DaltonAustin$1.9M
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.