Abraham Areephanthu, MD
Family Medicine · Hartsville, SCNPI 1548235757
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 1,450 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family medicine clinicians in SC 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 1,450 payments — averaging $15.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$2K
- Pfizer$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- plus $12K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$21,719100%
- Education$710%
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.
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
$21,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 195 | $328,097 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 142 | $270,537 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 218 | $257,509 |
| EliquisApixaban | 154 | $165,247 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 83 | $124,171 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 101 | $91,449 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 75 | $75,798 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 67 | $74,774 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 52 | $57,835 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 64 | $53,780 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 24 | $53,128 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 34 | $33,211 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 15 | $26,614 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $25,718 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 21 | $25,675 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $1,524 | $452,268278 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr | $1,010 | $332,284285 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Xultophy 100-3.6 | $1,234 | $285,151155 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $1,388 | $165,247154 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon, Synthroid | $2,956 | $120,298160 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $87 | $91,449101 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,916 | $78,92490 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $332 | $33,21134 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $446 | $25,71822 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $774 | $25,67521 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $156 | $17,92222 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $395 | $16,53017 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Hartsville
- Robert ElderHartsville$19K
- Kevin SponsellerHartsville$19K
- Michael HarlessHartsville$17K
- Luz MendezHartsville$16K
- Stephen BruntonWinnsboro$1.3M
- Richard WilkesMt Pleasant$216K
- Andrew MartinColumbia$205K
- Ada StewartColumbia$186K
- Jeffrey BroderNorth Augusta$140K
- Terry NagelColumbia$112K
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.