Dwayne Ford, APRN
Family · North Charleston, SCNPI 1942854773
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 60 payments — averaging $20.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$232
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$148
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$99
- Bayer$73
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$66
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$66
- plus $542 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,223100%
- Education$50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 17 | $232 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $148 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $99 |
| Bayer | 3 | $73 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $66 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 2 | $64 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Merck | 2 | $42 |
| Novartis | 2 | $41 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $23 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,228 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 3,248 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 50 | $34,955 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 31 | $21,632 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 12 | $19,630 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 20 | $18,974 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | $10,066 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 14 | $9,765 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 17 | $992 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 85 | $937 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 41 | $862 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 62 | $815 |
| Ultra-Fine Nano Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 12 | $748 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 23 | $728 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $717 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 35 | $659 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 51 | $601 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $232 | $21,63231 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $25 | $18,97420 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 70th percentile of 3,248 family providers in South Carolina.
Other family in North Charleston
- Tina WithrowNorth Charleston$19K
- Alison FogartyGreenville$2M
- Sara ChristieGreenville$229K
- Kara Cooper GilmerAnderson$127K
- Jessica BellEasley$96K
- Carrie HendersonGreenville$91K
- Sarah ValerioGreer$76K
- Mary WilliamsColumbia$67K
- Michelle StrongGreenville$55K
- Karen McKerihanSummerville$54K
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.