Cecilia Porcher
Adult Health · West Columbia, SCNPI 1336572650
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 322 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 24.5% of the total.
Across 322 payments — averaging $18.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- AstraZeneca$744
- Amgen$562
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$527
- Merck$368
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$361
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,913100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 83 | $1,451 |
| AstraZeneca | 24 | $744 |
| Amgen | 36 | $562 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 40 | $527 |
| Merck | 22 | $368 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 24 | $361 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 13 | $268 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $266 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $208 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 8 | $177 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $143 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $141 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $112 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Bayer | 5 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $84 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $32 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $20 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
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
$5,913 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 292 adult health 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 202 | $220,625 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 77 | $70,743 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 43 | $56,969 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 76 | $47,056 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 23 | $29,738 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 27 | $27,589 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 15 | $9,415 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 275 | $4,208 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 203 | $3,638 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 213 | $2,584 |
| Carvedilol | 181 | $1,882 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 33 | $1,732 |
| Candesartan Cilexetil | 15 | $1,177 |
| Valsartan | 35 | $1,058 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 166 | $1,006 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $143 | $220,625202 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,451 | $70,74377 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $208 | $56,96943 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $84 | $29,73823 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $744 | $27,58927 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 292 adult health providers in South Carolina.
Other adult health in West Columbia
- Andrea OlsonWest Columbia$12K
- Christi WigginsWest Columbia$10K
- Leslee AunWest Columbia$8K
- Susan GriffinWest Columbia$8K
- Jennifer PeaglerWest Columbia$8K
- Latoya HintonWest Columbia$7K
- Shannon HallmanWest Columbia$7K
- Natalie O'KellyWest Columbia$7K
- Haleigh TaylorWest Columbia$6K
- Kaitlyn KeenanWest Columbia$5K
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.