Gary Vukov
Gastroenterology · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1013907690
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 211 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 39.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,421 and has fallen 82.4% since, to $250 in 2023.
Across 211 payments — averaging $17.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$386
- Gilead$280
- Johnson & Johnson$216
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$208
- Inari Medical, Inc.$196
- plus $992 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$150%
- Food & beverage$3,74499%
- Education$70%
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(2 entities) | 100 | $1,486 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $386 |
| Gilead | 16 | $280 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $216 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 13 | $208 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $196 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 10 | $148 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $143 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $74 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $71 |
| Merck | 5 | $62 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $54 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $53 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $27 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
How this compares
$3,766 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 259 gastroenterology providers in South Carolina.
Other gastroenterology in Myrtle Beach
- Andrew PearsonMyrtle Beach$166K
- Kathleen RaynorMyrtle Beach$25K
- Jose HernandezMyrtle Beach$10K
- Timothy CornnellMyrtle Beach$9K
- Erin ForsterCharleston$788K
- Mark DeleggeCharleston$568K
- Nathan ShoresCharleston$217K
- Andre EaddyGreenville$212K
- Alejandro SuarezCharleston$210K
- Veeral OzaGreenville$199K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.