Philip Lim, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Orange, CANPI 1255771747
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 64.7% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $67,698 and has fallen 82.2% since, to $12,063 in 2025.
Across 237 payments — averaging $626.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$96K
- Arthrex$32K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$6K
- Synthes GmbH$2K
- Stryker$2K
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$47,89732%
- Speaking & faculty fees$70,08847%
- Travel & lodging$22,56215%
- Food & beverage$6,7515%
- Education$1,2001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 106 | $96,083 |
| Arthrex | 55 | $32,463 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $7,726 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $6,453 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,949 |
| Stryker | 33 | $1,583 |
| Micromed Inc | 3 | $833 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $736 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $144 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $133 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $120 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $57 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $32 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, 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.
- Anthem$21,798
- Foot System$20,033
- Ankle Fracture System$17,244
- ALIF$11,000
- Distal Femur Plate System$9,479
- Globus Trauma$7,975
- CALIBER$2,032
- Clavical Fixation (16-186)$1,649
- Alps Prox Tib Plates$602
- DJO SURGICAL$481
- Captivate VL$439
- Autobahn$348
- Clavicular Fracture Fixation$328
- A/R Femoral Nail$252
- NA$236
- EASY CLIP$154
- PELVIS II$148
- TRAUMA$144
- HOFFMANN$130
- Proximal Tibia Plate$108
How this compares
$148,498 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 106 orthopaedic trauma providers in California.
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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Orange
- John ScolaroOrange$1M
- James LearnedOrange$167K
- Michael GardnerStanford$2.9M
- Aaron OsborneRedding$1.3M
- Robert Tonksla Jolla$1.3M
- David LowenbergSan Francisco$788K
- Eric LindvallClovis$609K
- Christopher LeeLos Angeles$475K
- Joshua GaryLos Angeles$466K
- Christopher HoshinoTorrance$356K
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.