Cynthia Smith
Primary Care · Seneca, SCNPI 1376557017
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $7,452 of the $9,943 with a category attached, or 74.9%. Vifor Pharma, Inc. accounts for 61.7% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $9,883 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $24 in 2023. Among primary care clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 138 payments — averaging $72.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$6K
- Sanofi$1K
- Amgen$876
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$581
- Novo Nordisk$204
- AstraZeneca$195
- plus $733 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,45275%
- Travel & lodging$741%
- Food & beverage$2,39524%
- Education$220%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 34 | $6,131 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $1,223 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 9 | $876 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 38 | $581 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $204 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $195 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $185 |
| Bayer | 1 | $115 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $109 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 6 | $97 |
| Novartis | 4 | $67 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| GSK | 2 | $26 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
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
$9,943 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 115 primary care providers in South Carolina.
Other primary care in Seneca
- Heather MartinSeneca$7K
- Henrietta OkonkworSeneca$1K
- Sarah TomashefskiGreenville$23K
- Samantha VaughtNorth Myrtle Beach$15K
- William ByrdSumter$10K
- Kathleen BoonePawleys Island$9K
- Amanda GroomeGreenville$9K
- Holly SurrencyAiken$8K
- Jessica BoldenAnderson$8K
- Caren ArnetteDillon$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.