Erika King, MD
Hospitalist · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1437157195
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $18,858 of the $19,393 with a category attached, or 97.2%. AbbVie accounts for 97.7% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $18,738 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $23 in 2025. Among hospitalist 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 27 payments — averaging $718.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$19K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$240
- Boston Scientific$161
- Boehringer Ingelheim$23
- Ceribell, Inc.$20
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$12
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,85897%
- Food & beverage$5353%
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) | 19 | $18,938 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $240 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $161 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $12 |
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.
- BOTOX$129
How this compares
$19,393 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 398 hospitalist 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 | 15 | $8,414 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 14 | $212 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 26 | $173 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 13 | $157 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 19 | $127 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $118 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $113 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 15 | $103 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 29 | $82 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $74 |
| Losartan Potassium | 16 | $73 |
| Levofloxacin | 23 | $59 |
| Furosemide | 26 | $47 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $45 |
| Carvedilol | 18 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Myrtle Beach
- Beatrice BuhuroMyrtle Beach$2K
- Joseph OgunsulireSeneca$28K
- Woodrow CokerCharleston$14K
- Patrick CawleyCharleston$10K
- Christopher VagnoniAnderson$9K
- John JohnsonSeneca$7K
- Anthony ZamchoWest Columbia$7K
- Michael WagnerGreenville$4K
- Phillip WarrCharleston$3K
- Danielle ScheurerCharleston$3K
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.