Richard Kim, DO
Rheumatology · Greenville, SCNPI 1699748459
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.6% of the total across 995 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 995 payments — averaging $19.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$4K
- AbbVie$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
- GSK$1K
- plus $8K from 29 others
Across 47 payments — averaging $14,606 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$644K
- AstraZeneca$42K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$19,36099%
- Education$2661%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 221 | $3,896 |
| AbbVie | 112 | $2,596 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 111 | $1,926 |
| UCB, Inc. | 75 | $1,284 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 53 | $1,153 |
| GSK | 41 | $1,029 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 47 | $956 |
| Novartis | 45 | $948 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 38 | $809 |
| Pfizer | 45 | $781 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 45 | $773 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 32 | $699 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 25 | $658 |
| Sanofi | 19 | $492 |
| Organon | 12 | $252 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 9 | $187 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 11 | $173 |
| Sobi, Inc | 8 | $171 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 9 | $146 |
| Sandoz | 6 | $104 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $89 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 4 | $86 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 4 | $82 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $64 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $34 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Invivyd Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical 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.
How this compares
$19,626 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 123 rheumatology providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 60 | $608,307 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 46 | $400,523 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 44 | $383,584 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 37 | $364,388 |
| Humira(Cf)Adalimumab | 24 | $293,813 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 19 | $208,902 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 25 | $146,596 |
| Actemra ActpenTocilizumab | 15 | $114,145 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 15 | $108,223 |
| XeljanzTofacitinib Citrate | 13 | $73,984 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 13 | $65,037 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 279 | $15,987 |
| Celecoxib | 188 | $14,470 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 509 | $13,247 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 512 | $13,138 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq, Humira(Cf) | $2,596 | $694,33670 claims |
| AmgenEnbrel, Otezla | $3,896 | $472,61152 claims |
| PfizerXeljanz | $781 | $73,98413 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $1,029 | $65,03713 claims |
| SandozLansoprazole | $104 | $6,65711 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Colchicine | $37 | $53611 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 123 rheumatology providers in South Carolina.
Other rheumatology in Greenville
- Alan BrownGreenville$947K
- Long Huynh-DucGreenville$278K
- Corey EphrussiGreenville$54K
- Suhail KumarGreenville$23K
- Gulzar MerchantGreenville$18K
- Jeffrey LawsonGreenville$15K
- Ezinma EzealahGreenville$12K
- Stephen MullisGreenville$8K
- Corwin McGeeGreenville$5K
- Muthamma MachimadaGreenville$5K
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.