Arthur Nam, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · West Columbia, SCNPI 1497981914
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.8%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Synthes GmbH accounts for 79.6% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery 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 108 payments — averaging $211.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$18K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$605
- Johnson & Johnson$594
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$520
- Axogen$487
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$379
- plus $2K from 23 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $5608.52 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,00044%
- Travel & lodging$7,36432%
- Food & beverage$5,49124%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 27 | $18,189 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 5 | $605 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $594 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 8 | $520 |
| Axogen | 7 | $487 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 5 | $379 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 6 | $345 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $305 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $204 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $161 |
| Biocircuit Technologies Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Atos Medical Inc | 1 | $141 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $126 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $126 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $74 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $34 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $12 |
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.
- INTEGRA$649
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$450
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$349
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$326
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$216
- PRIMATRIX$216
- OviTex 2S$167
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$150
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$150
- Nerve Tape$148
- Provox Life Home HME$141
- ALLODERM$125
- MATRIXCOMBO$122
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$117
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$112
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$108
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$108
- TRUMATCH$104
How this compares
$22,855 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 53 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in South Carolina.
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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.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in West Columbia
- Todd LefkowitzWest Columbia$3K
- Sami TarabishyMount Pleasant$21K
- Patrick O NeillDaniel Island$17K
- Fernando HerreraCharleston$16K
- Dustin EckMyrtle Beach$12K
- Federico Perez QuiranteMt Pleasant$12K
- Kevin DelaneyCharleston$11K
- Shawn BirchenoughSpartanburg$9K
- Taylor DieterColumbia$9K
- Geoffrey BrownCharleston$8K
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.