Robert Kim, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Cartersville, GANPI 1225087166
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,832 of the $4,072 with a category attached, or 69.5%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merit Medical Systems Inc at 33.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,624 and has fallen 90.0% since, to $162 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in GA 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 40 payments — averaging $101.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$1K
- Medtronic$491
- Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc.$462
- Inari Medical, Inc.$327
- Stryker$290
- Penumbra, Inc.$261
- plus $877 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,24030%
- Food & beverage$2,83270%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 6 | $1,365 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $491 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $462 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $327 |
| Stryker | 5 | $290 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $261 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 2 | $219 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $131 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $108 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $96 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $87 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $36 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
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
$4,072 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 840 diagnostic radiology providers in Georgia.
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 diagnostic radiology in Cartersville
- Daniel OrtizCartersville$3K
- Ted ChangCartersville$2K
- Patricia BalthazarAtlanta$144K
- Felix GonzalezAtlanta$128K
- Cameron KerseyColumbus$111K
- Diego MartinAtlanta$68K
- Kimberly HutchersonLawrenceville$59K
- Henry KrebsNewnan$31K
- Susan MulliganAtlanta$16K
- Christine MurphyAtlanta$16K
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.