Deidre McSweeny-Tyson
Pediatric Endocrinology · Florence, SCNPI 1225132665
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 177 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,367 and has fallen 59.8% since, to $550 in 2023.
Across 177 payments — averaging $19.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$616
- Abbott$456
- Insulet Corporation$402
- Novo Nordisk$242
- Lilly USA, LLC$240
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$212
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,470100%
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 | 33 | $616 |
| Abbott | 20 | $456 |
| Insulet Corporation | 20 | $402 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $242 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $240 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $212 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $201 |
| Amgen | 4 | $153 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $133 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 6 | $117 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $110 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 3 | $69 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $64 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $36 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Companion Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $9 |
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.
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$102
- TEPEZZA$102
How this compares
Too few pediatric endocrinology providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Florence
- Elaine AppersonGreenville$46K
- Alison LunsfordColumbia$13K
- Tarina MendesSeneca$5K
- Lisa KnightColumbia$3K
- Ryan DyessGreenville$2K
- Katherine LewisGreenville$2K
- Whitney BrownColumbia$2K
- Bhavana NaralaColumbia$1K
- Melissa GargantaGreenville$925
- Remberto PauloCharleston$675
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.