Helena Kirkpatrick
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1639273972
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $11,550 of the $15,381 with a category attached, or 75.1%. AbbVie accounts for 96.5% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,771 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $102 in 2023. Among obstetrics & gynecology 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 82 payments — averaging $187.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$15K
- Pfizer$85
- Channel Medsystems, Inc.$51
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$51
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$49
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$45
- plus $265 from 12 others
Across 154 payments — averaging $3321.15 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Organon$211K
- AbbVie$99K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$89K
- Bayer$50K
- Myovant Sciences GmbH$35K
- Mylan Inc.$14K
- plus $13K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,55075%
- Travel & lodging$2,19014%
- Food & beverage$1,59710%
- Education$450%
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) | 51 | $14,836 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $85 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $51 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $49 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $44 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $22 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Bayer | 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
$15,381 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 673 obstetrics & gynecology providers in South Carolina.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 20 | $1,088 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Myrtle Beach
- Robert HeineckMyrtle Beach$7K
- Christopher JenningsAnderson$1.3M
- William ColemanGreenville$242K
- Melvin SeidMauldin$235K
- Brooke NaffzigerWest Columbia$70K
- Judith BurgisColumbia$59K
- Charis ChambersGreenville$46K
- Angela ChoiCharleston$43K
- Andrew FuttermanCharleston$38K
- William OttingerCharleston$35K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.