Caroline Franklin
Physician Assistant · Anderson, SCNPI 1558738229
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 225 payments — averaging $19.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Forte Bio-pharma LLC$1K
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$819
- Boston Scientific$591
- AbbVie$258
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$224
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$193
- plus $794 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,314100%
- Gifts$00%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 70 | $1,436 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 39 | $819 |
| Boston Scientific | 44 | $591 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $258 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $224 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $193 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $184 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $104 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $69 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $31 |
| Vertex | 2 | $30 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
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
$4,314 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,852 physician assistant providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl | 99 | $127,422 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 235 | $115,264 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 91 | $114,234 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 95 | $85,042 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 71 | $60,319 |
| Buprenorphine | 132 | $39,160 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,516 | $38,568 |
| ProlateOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $35,872 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 39 | $26,047 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 795 | $16,157 |
| Lidocaine | 199 | $15,640 |
| Celecoxib | 756 | $12,558 |
| Gabapentin | 766 | $12,383 |
| LyricaPregabalin | 20 | $11,355 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 29 | $11,012 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Nucynta Er, Nucynta, Belbuca, Xtampza Er | $224 | $328,022300 claims |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLCProlate | $1,436 | $35,87211 claims |
| PfizerLyrica | $184 | $11,35520 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $819 | $6,68017 claims |
| AbbVieSavella | $258 | $6,51317 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 1,852 physician assistant providers in South Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Anderson
- Stephanie DavisAnderson$78K
- Sarah BrendleAnderson$19K
- Harley BeeseAnderson$14K
- Benjamin AddyWest Columbia$377K
- Michael OvercashCharleston$210K
- Allison LesterMt Pleasant$163K
- Nicole KeeterFort Mill$129K
- William YoungGreenville$117K
- Vicki RobertsWest Columbia$77K
- Eric ShoupColumbia$74K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.