Daniel Koontz
Family Medicine · Pelzer, SCNPI 1487681805
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.1% of the total across 23 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. UCB, Inc. accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $309 and has fallen 87.9% since, to $37 in 2025.
Across 23 payments — averaging $28.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$423
- Neurelis, Inc.$174
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$33
- Novo Nordisk$32
Across 105 payments — averaging $3625.20 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novo Nordisk AS$189K
- AbbVie$174K
- GSK$9K
- Novartis$8K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$62995%
- Education$325%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 15 | $423 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 6 | $174 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $32 |
How this compares
$661 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Pelzer
- Stephen BruntonWinnsboro$1.3M
- Richard WilkesMt Pleasant$216K
- Andrew MartinColumbia$205K
- Ada StewartColumbia$186K
- Jeffrey BroderNorth Augusta$140K
- Terry NagelColumbia$112K
- Katherine JohnsonGreenwood$80K
- Scott SmithMount Pleasant$68K
- Jennifer StolinSummerville$59K
- Nicholas PenningsNorth Myrtle Beach$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.