Charlene Grice, MD
Ophthalmology · Mount Pleasant, SCNPI 1184636565
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.3% of the total across 273 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 19.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,689, more than ten times the $201 reported in 2019.
Across 273 payments — averaging $26.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$1K
- Alcon$1000
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$621
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$595
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$566
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$451
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,10197%
- Education$1963%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 17 | $1,440 |
| Alcon | 37 | $1,000 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 20 | $621 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 42 | $595 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 23 | $566 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 19 | $451 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 21 | $410 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $355 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 9 | $306 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $272 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 4 | $270 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 12 | $219 |
| Novartis | 10 | $168 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 5 | $94 |
| Rxsight Inc | 3 | $73 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Omeros Corporation | 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
$7,297 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 293 ophthalmology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxervateCenegermin-Bkbj | 20 | $676,690 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 23 | $25,953 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 15 | $20,388 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 315 | $15,762 |
| CequaCyclosporine | 16 | $8,857 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 12 | $8,856 |
| Cyclosporine | 11 | $7,897 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 37 | $5,573 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 94 | $4,544 |
| LotemaxLoteprednol Etabonate | 12 | $4,112 |
| BetimolTimolol | 13 | $3,769 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 163 | $3,316 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 41 | $2,761 |
| Brinzolamide | 13 | $2,649 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $2,041 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dompe US, Inc.Oxervate | $219 | $676,69020 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo | $566 | $29,24327 claims |
| AbbVieRestasis | $355 | $25,95323 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate, Lotemax | $47 | $9,68549 claims |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.Cequa | $595 | $8,85716 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 80th percentile of 293 ophthalmology providers in South Carolina.
Other ophthalmology in Mount Pleasant
- Francisco FolgarMount Pleasant$35K
- Michael DecourceyMount Pleasant$14K
- Kerry SolomonMt Pleasant$1.7M
- William ClarkWest Columbia$768K
- George WaringMt Pleasant$645K
- Karolinne RochaCharleston$552K
- Joseph BishopHilton Head Island$136K
- Erik HappMt Pleasant$124K
- Matthew ClaryColumbia$119K
- Kunal KanitkarLexington$83K
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.