Daniel Wartinbee, MD
Hand Surgery · North Charleston, SCNPI 1053586776
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (53.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 64.9% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,040 and has fallen 81.5% since, to $377 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $2,706.
Across 44 payments — averaging $68.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Kerecis Limited$259
- Sonex Health, Inc.$135
- Smith+Nephew$107
- Si-bone, Inc.$67
- Exsomed Corporation$64
- plus $431 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2308%
- Food & beverage$1,16739%
- Education$1,62854%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 11 | $1,963 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $259 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $107 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $64 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $51 |
| Abbott | 3 | $50 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $11 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Kerecis SurgiClose$1,035
- Kerecis GraftGuide$259
- Sx-One Microknife$135
How this compares
$3,025 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 47 hand surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 86 | $187 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $160 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 23 | $137 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 28 | $126 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in North Charleston
- Francis OwingsNorth Charleston$2K
- Keith SantiagoNorth Charleston$2K
- Jon DevriesNorth Charleston$2K
- Dane DaleyCharleston$137K
- James PriceMt Pleasant$24K
- Jason DickherberSpartanburg$18K
- Shea RayGreenville$13K
- Sonya ClarkSpartanburg$12K
- Seth BowmanColumbia$12K
- Erica UmpierrezConway$11K
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.