Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BYUNGSOO KO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1285945295
CMS profile
1387770
Location
COLUMBUS, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,967.38

  • Reported across 121 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,321.00

24 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $687.36 2
Food and Beverage $633.64 22

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $493.34 20
PY2019 $1,310.58 37
PY2020 $298.47 18
PY2021 $86.00 4
PY2022 $189.26 5
PY2023 $268.73 13
PY2024 $1,321.00 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Amgen Inc. $18.34 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111621942 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.82 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092607926 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.15 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092607924 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $37.81 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092607918 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.57 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092607920 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $9.03 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092607922 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $56.09 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092607938 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.96 09/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092607930 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.34 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092607928 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $16.89 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101604013 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $15.01 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101604035 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $24.85 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101604146 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $106.79 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138827290 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.94 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138827288 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.93 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138827296 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $24.80 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138827300 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.53 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138827298 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.29 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138827302 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $5.17 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138827304 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $24.25 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140122791 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $111.27 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140122795 CMS
Maquet Cardiovascular L.L.C. $531.38 08/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149640376 CMS
Maquet Cardiovascular L.L.C. $155.98 11/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149640374 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.81 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087095056 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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