Paul Kim, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · San Diego, CANPI 1417104837
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,434 of the $3,855 with a category attached, or 63.1%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by One Lambda, Inc. at 53.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,073 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $71 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $9,367.
Across 27 payments — averaging $142.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- One Lambda, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$491
- Boston Scientific$414
- GE HealthCare$255
- Abiomed$254
- Abbott$138
- plus $231 from 3 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $4421.43 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.
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,42137%
- Food & beverage$2,43463%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| One Lambda, Inc. | 2 | $2,073 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $491 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $414 |
| GE HealthCare | 5 | $255 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $254 |
| Abbott | 1 | $138 |
| Amgen | 1 | $118 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $92 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- HeartWare HVAD$146
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$138
- Impella$126
- Repatha$118
How this compares
$3,855 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 111 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CamzyosMavacamten | 13 | $91,733 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 44 | $73,247 |
| EliquisApixaban | 20 | $21,862 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 27 | $18,629 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 13 | $15,106 |
| Bumetanide | 16 | $984 |
| Tacrolimus | 14 | $726 |
| Spironolactone | 37 | $447 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 25 | $440 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 13 | $198 |
| Furosemide | 30 | $182 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 29 | $154 |
| Carvedilol | 39 | $151 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $125 |
| Losartan Potassium | 12 | $121 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in San Diego
- Hirsch MehtaSan Diego$494K
- Marcus UreySan Diego$341K
- Barry GreenbergSan Diego$270K
- Brian JaskiSan Diego$235K
- Ajay SrivastavaSan Diego$203K
- Jorge Silva EncisoSan Diego$164K
- Burhan MohamedaliSan Diego$154K
- Hao TranSan Diego$147K
- Justin ParizoSan Diego$24K
- Eric AdlerSan Diego$24K
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.