David Florez, MD
Gastroenterology · North Charleston, SCNPI 1003805011
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 775 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 37 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,732, 2.4 times the $1,145 reported in 2019.
Across 775 payments — averaging $17.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- QOL Medical, LLC$1K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$566
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$478
- plus $4K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$240%
- Food & beverage$13,479100%
- Education$170%
- Gifts$130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 226 | $3,210 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 161 | $2,767 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 77 | $1,284 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 41 | $1,129 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 29 | $566 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 22 | $478 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 27 | $472 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 21 | $353 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 18 | $338 |
| Merck | 19 | $290 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 13 | $263 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $249 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 12 | $243 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 12 | $190 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $178 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $178 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $176 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 10 | $175 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $168 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $158 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $115 |
| Organon | 4 | $107 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Neuraxis, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $44 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Gilead | 2 | $27 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Capsovision, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $13 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $6 |
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.
- INTERSTIM$141
How this compares
$13,532 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 259 gastroenterology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol | 12 | $79,886 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 12 | $70,067 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 22 | $29,107 |
| Budesonide ErBudesonide | 15 | $14,709 |
| Omeprazole | 450 | $9,233 |
| Sucralfate | 73 | $7,979 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 119 | $7,344 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 19 | $6,174 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 105 | $4,634 |
| Rabeprazole Sodium | 14 | $3,398 |
| Colesevelam Hcl | 17 | $1,922 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 19 | $1,183 |
| Chlordiazepoxide-ClidiniumChlordiazepoxide/Clidinium Br | 24 | $1,178 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 52 | $716 |
| Famotidine | 74 | $586 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $3,210 | $99,17434 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 85th percentile of 259 gastroenterology providers in South Carolina.
Other gastroenterology in North Charleston
- Judd AdelmanNorth Charleston$67K
- Gregory GoodearNorth Charleston$14K
- Todd SnyderNorth Charleston$11K
- Erin ForsterCharleston$788K
- Mark DeleggeCharleston$568K
- Nathan ShoresCharleston$217K
- Andre EaddyGreenville$212K
- Alejandro SuarezCharleston$210K
- Veeral OzaGreenville$199K
- Peter CottonCharleston$193K
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.