Erin Godin
Family · North Charleston, SCNPI 1326456211
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 58.3% of the total.
Across 83 payments — averaging $35.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Novo Nordisk$256
- Johnson & Johnson$97
- GSK$95
- Novartis$87
- AbbVie$86
- plus $598 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,14139%
- Food & beverage$1,71459%
- Education$722%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 16 | $1,707 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $256 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $97 |
| GSK | 5 | $95 |
| Novartis | 5 | $87 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $86 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Bayer | 3 | $63 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $59 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $48 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $46 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $30 |
| Amgen | 2 | $28 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $27 |
| Biogen | 1 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi Pasteur 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.
- RYBELSUS$118
How this compares
$2,927 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,248 family providers in South Carolina.
Other family in North Charleston
- Tina WithrowNorth Charleston$19K
- 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
- Doris ReidSimpsonville$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.