Cathryn McAlpine
Internal Medicine · Seneca, SCNPI 1073566824
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 127 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2021 is the largest year on record at $925, 3.3 times the $280 reported in 2019.
Across 127 payments — averaging $13.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$351
- AbbVie$231
- Lilly USA, LLC$191
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$93
- Novartis$88
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$82
- plus $690 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,725100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 28 | $351 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 23 | $231 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $191 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $93 |
| Novartis | 7 | $88 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $82 |
| Amgen | 4 | $82 |
| GSK | 6 | $73 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $67 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $60 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $52 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Abbott | 2 | $27 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $26 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $24 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,725 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 11 | $99 |
| Clonidine Hcl | 11 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- John CleekCharleston$136K
- William BunnHilton Head Island$125K
- Zion LammGreenville$118K
- Bruce GrayGreenville$111K
- Leonard AlsfeldCharleston$91K
- Edward Botse-BaidooMyrtle Beach$90K
- Lisa DarbyGreenville$43K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.