William Kim, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Torrance, CANPI 1144228628
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $155,154 of the $163,987 with a category attached, or 94.6%. Encore Medical, LP accounts for 79.1% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $156,705 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $120 in 2025. Among orthopedic surgery clinicians in CA 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 54 payments — averaging $3036.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Encore Medical, LP$130K
- Johnson & Johnson$27K
- Arthrex$5K
- Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$228
- Zimmer Biomet$167
- plus $476 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$6,8314%
- Travel & lodging$7620%
- Food & beverage$1,2391%
- Other$155,15495%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Encore Medical, LP | 6 | $129,766 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 11 | $26,519 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $5,165 |
| Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $1,666 |
| Stryker | 8 | $228 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $167 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $92 |
| Merck | 2 | $57 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- AOS PRODUCTS$890
- DJO Surgical 3DKnee System$647
- FIBONACCI LITE SYSTEM$478
- DJO Surgical TaperFill Hip System$369
- AOS SYSTEMS$297
- ROSA$130
How this compares
$163,987 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 130 orthopedic surgery 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 375 | $2,487 |
| Famotidine | 225 | $1,200 |
| Mupirocin | 129 | $830 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 37 | $654 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 121 | $617 |
| Ibuprofen | 66 | $538 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 236 | $517 |
| Meloxicam | 430 | $477 |
| Cephalexin | 18 | $116 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 38 | $103 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $69 |
| Naproxen | 16 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Torrance
- Peter BordenTorrance$111K
- Marshall ChingOroville$17.8M
- Ran SchwarzkopfOrange$2M
- Brian ChingOroville$1.4M
- Peter KurzweilLong Beach$494K
- Scott Hackerla Mesa$434K
- Richard NussbaumSherman Oaks$238K
- Raymond FolmarIrvine$70K
- Phillip YuanLong Beach$60K
- Milind PanseHemet$34K
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.