Angela Caudill
Acute Care · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1184195380
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.8% of the total across 152 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,522, 2.8 times the $901 reported in 2021.
Across 152 payments — averaging $35.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$962
- Cvrx, Inc.$911
- Abiomed$641
- Amgen$517
- Boston Scientific$373
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$277
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2755%
- Food & beverage$5,06195%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $962 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 9 | $911 |
| Abiomed | 13 | $641 |
| Amgen | 17 | $517 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $373 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 14 | $277 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $207 |
| Novartis | 10 | $162 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $146 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $132 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $126 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $119 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $114 |
| Merck | 6 | $109 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $107 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $92 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $82 |
| Bayer | 3 | $63 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $17 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Barostim Neo System$658
- XARELTO$359
- Repatha$225
- WATCHMAN FLX$149
- Attruby$132
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$125
- LifeVest$109
How this compares
$5,336 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 339 acute care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 127 | $138,390 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 62 | $50,358 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $16,906 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 19 | $16,212 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 25 | $10,783 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 16 | $8,725 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $8,315 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 116 | $1,450 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 16 | $1,135 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 17 | $1,022 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 20 | $739 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 35 | $639 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 24 | $628 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 57 | $515 |
| Furosemide | 89 | $474 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $114 | $138,390127 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $107 | $50,35862 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $92 | $19,09837 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $962 | $16,90612 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $162 | $16,21219 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 85th percentile of 339 acute care providers in South Carolina.
Other acute care in Spartanburg
- Amy BunchSpartanburg$4K
- Elizabeth BrannonSpartanburg$3K
- Heather BowersGreenville$94K
- Michael GajewskiColumbia$62K
- Heather NortonMt Pleasant$57K
- Cameron ThomassonSumter$28K
- Sarah MatthewsGreenville$28K
- Micheal BungerColumbia$15K
- Robin TrauflerColumbia$12K
- Susan FunkGreenville$11K
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.