James Kelly, MD
Internal Medicine · Dillon, SCNPI 1730260480
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 1,107 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among internal medicine 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 1,107 payments — averaging $14.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Novartis$1K
- Pfizer$993
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$890
- Amgen$881
- Boehringer Ingelheim$822
- plus $10K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$16,38699%
- Education$1331%
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.
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.
- Zio monitor$191
- ZIO XT Patch$191
- FARXIGA$145
- AIRSUPRA$145
- Nalocet$109
- Prolate$109
How this compares
$16,519 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 550 | $350,142 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 213 | $172,871 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 175 | $152,241 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 224 | $149,041 |
| EliquisApixaban | 252 | $127,025 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 121 | $124,313 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 146 | $122,248 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 106 | $119,756 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 163 | $96,556 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 258 | $95,291 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 12 | $83,397 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 63 | $67,255 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 87 | $65,550 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 121 | $65,032 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 105 | $55,438 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Tradjenta, Glyxambi | $822 | $560,063846 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Rinvoq, Vraylar | $1,936 | $291,075292 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $753 | $210,340272 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $595 | $187,011169 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $715 | $171,106271 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $257 | $144,888143 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $993 | $127,025252 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,017 | $96,556163 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Belsomra, Janumet, Janumet Xr | $693 | $89,024158 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $164 | $65,55087 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $722 | $52,77268 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca, Nucynta | $84 | $50,43663 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 95th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Dillon
- James WallaceDillon$15K
- James WallaceDillon$11K
- Jerry BackNorth Charleston$322K
- Jan BasileCharleston$278K
- Mark PurcellGreenville$165K
- John CleekCharleston$136K
- William BunnHilton Head Island$125K
- Zion LammGreenville$118K
- Bruce GrayGreenville$111K
- Leonard AlsfeldCharleston$91K
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.