Charles Kolb
Family Medicine · Abbeville, SCNPI 1043213622
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 257 payments — averaging $14.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$551
- Novo Nordisk$352
- AstraZeneca$343
- AbbVie$333
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$266
- Abbott$217
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,757100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 41 | $551 |
| Novo Nordisk | 21 | $352 |
| AstraZeneca | 22 | $343 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 28 | $333 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 17 | $266 |
| Abbott | 16 | $217 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 10 | $137 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $117 |
| GSK | 9 | $112 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $109 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 8 | $103 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $97 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $84 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $82 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $77 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $70 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $65 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Novartis | 5 | $61 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $55 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $17 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,757 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 12 | $270 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Abbeville
- Cayce TangemanGoose Creek$8.4M
- Jeremy AckermannMoncks Corner$7.6M
- Kelly MoralesNorth Charleston$6.5M
- William ByarsGreer$4.8M
- James FranklinGreenville$3.5M
- Stephen GrubbLittle River$3.4M
- Jeffrey HarrisGreenville$3.4M
- Shannon ConradN Charleston$3.3M
- Tom ChristensenLittle River$3.1M
- Edward NewtonCharleston$3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.