Robert Kime, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Harrisonburg, VANPI 1003817552
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $262 of the $389 with a category attached, or 67.2%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bioventus LLC at 29.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $160 and has fallen 71.9% since, to $45 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $18,012.
Across 19 payments — averaging $20.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bioventus LLC$114
- Zimmer Biomet$83
- Medtronic$45
- Abbott$32
- Nevro Corp.$30
- Convatec Inc.$17
- plus $69 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$26267%
- Education$12833%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $114 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $83 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $45 |
| Abbott | 1 | $32 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $30 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$389 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 43 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Virginia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Etodolac | 68 | $1,833 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $1,076 |
| Meloxicam | 285 | $831 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 43 | $344 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 54 | $340 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $115 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $86 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $62 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Harrisonburg
- Jed VanichkachornRichmond$2.3M
- Christopher GoodReston$1.7M
- John SimpsonRichmond$880K
- Colin HainesReston$700K
- Ehsan JaziniReston$502K
- Francis ShenCharlottesville$432K
- Jeffrey CarlsonNewport News$295K
- Thomas SciosciaRichmond$274K
- Thomas SullivanMidlothian$83K
- Corey WallachArlington$77K
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.