Dean Adams, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Greenville, SCNPI 1700926078
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (39.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 43.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,392 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $156 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery 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 92 payments — averaging $131.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$950
- THD America, Inc.$327
- Organogenesis Inc.$149
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$137
- plus $700 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,72539%
- Travel & lodging$2,61622%
- Food & beverage$2,25419%
- Education$2,50021%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 29 | $5,239 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $4,592 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $950 |
| THD America, Inc. | 4 | $327 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $149 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $137 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $81 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $79 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $73 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $39 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $32 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,501
- Caldolor$4,500
- INTERSTIM$741
How this compares
$12,095 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 35 colon & rectal surgery providers in South Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 20 | $3,228 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 22 | $393 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 14 | $254 |
| Celecoxib | 24 | $142 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $40 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $48 | $3,22820 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 95th percentile of 35 colon & rectal surgery providers in South Carolina.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Greenville
- Melissa HiteGreenville$4K
- Patrick CulumovicGreenville$3K
- Yuliya YurkoGreenville$3K
- Cedrek McFaddenGreenville$661
- Jay CrockettGreenville$463
- James RexGreenville$163
- James RobbinsGreenville$94
- Jorge Lagares-GarciaCharleston$23K
- Thomas CurranCharleston$11K
- Sidney MorrisonColumbia$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.