Brandi Newsome, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Columbia, SCNPI 1902875537
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.2% of the total across 25 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. at 24.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for pulmonary disease clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $2,769.
Across 25 payments — averaging $43.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$263
- AstraZeneca$236
- Pulmonx Corporation$143
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$109
- Merck$70
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$63
- plus $195 from 9 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $1122.81 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.
- GSK$9K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$98591%
- Education$959%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $263 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $236 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $143 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $109 |
| Merck | 3 | $70 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Amgen | 2 | $41 |
| Bayer | 1 | $35 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Breathe Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| GSK | 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.
How this compares
$1,079 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 192 pulmonary disease 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 429 | $343,070 |
| Humira PenAdalimumab | 28 | $188,562 |
| Fasenra PenBenralizumab | 21 | $115,015 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 15 | $73,204 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 142 | $65,538 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 65 | $49,653 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 72 | $45,056 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 78 | $39,454 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 81 | $21,225 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 29 | $17,730 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 43 | $17,392 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 446 | $15,150 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 18 | $12,068 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 20 | $11,911 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 25 | $11,490 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $14 | $471,416709 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $236 | $70,878146 claims |
| MerckDulera | $70 | $7,38022 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 30th percentile of 192 pulmonary disease providers in South Carolina.
Other pulmonary disease in Columbia
- Richard BoganColumbia$1.1M
- Laura HerpelColumbia$254K
- Jake KriegmdColumbia$112K
- Mark MaysonColumbia$86K
- Karla Cruz MorelColumbia$74K
- Gregory FeldmanColumbia$73K
- Carlton CauthenColumbia$17K
- Liang ZhaColumbia$10K
- Todd GandyColumbia$10K
- Matthew VarnerColumbia$9K
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.