Carmelita Swiner
Family Medicine · Durham, NCNPI 1487874442
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
17 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $817 and has fallen 94.0% since, to $49 in 2024.
Across 31 payments — averaging $36.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$365
- AbbVie$340
- Johnson & Johnson$97
- Pfizer$63
- Boston Scientific$49
- Boehringer Ingelheim$33
- plus $173 from 11 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $41,283 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.
- Bavarian Nordic A/s$248K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$66559%
- Food & beverage$45441%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 1 | $365 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $340 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $97 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $63 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $49 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $33 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $21 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $12 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ADVAIR$365
- Skyrizi$300
How this compares
$1,119 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Durham
- Margie SanderDurham$63K
- Devdutta SangvaiDurham$31K
- Linda BissonnetteDurham$21K
- John Ragsdale IiiDurham$20K
- William CromwellRaleigh$879K
- Steve VacalisGastonia$693K
- David DundeeWinston Salem$633K
- Kevin SodenCharlotte$558K
- Brian ForrestApex$398K
- Joseph KonenCharlotte$322K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.