Rick Kooima, MD
Pediatrics · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1093750283
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $3,600 of the $5,596 with a category attached, or 64.3%. GSK accounts for 92.9% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,198 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $287 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in SD 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 21 payments — averaging $266.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$5K
- ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.$123
- Pfizer$100
- Merck$78
- Seqirus USA Inc$36
- Sobi, Inc$20
- plus $41 from 3 others
Across 66 payments — averaging $2550.78 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.
- GSK$152K
- Pfizer$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,60064%
- Travel & lodging$1,42826%
- Food & beverage$54310%
- Education$260%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 10 | $5,198 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $100 |
| Merck | 4 | $78 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals 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.
- NEFFY$123
- NURTEC ODT$100
How this compares
$5,596 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 102 pediatrics providers in South Dakota.
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 pediatrics in Sioux Falls
- Kara BruningSioux Falls$599
- Kayli ReeceSioux Falls$552
- Shari EichSioux Falls$510
- Katie LarsonSioux Falls$469
- Connie TaylorSioux Falls$417
- Dana SchroederSioux Falls$415
- Sarah ThuSioux Falls$378
- Joseph VogelSioux Falls$321
- Rochelle BooteSioux Falls$309
- Ashley SandsSioux Falls$300
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.