James Rivers
Prosthodontics · Charleston, SCNPI 1396816328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $175,440 of the $210,699 with a category attached, or 83.3%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 77.4% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $72,406 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $175 in 2025. Among prosthodontics 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 317 payments — averaging $664.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$163K
- Zimvie Inc.$48K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$175,44083%
- Travel & lodging$30,38714%
- Food & beverage$3,3722%
- Education$1,5001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 237 | $163,012 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 80 | $47,688 |
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.
- Zimmer Biomet Instruments and Implants$125,907
- Tapered Screw-Vent$24,863
- Diem2$19,569
- All T3 Implants$2,150
- Diem2-RevitaliZe$2,150
- Provisional$1,720
- OSSEOTITE NT$860
- Tapered Screw$242
How this compares
$210,699 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 31 prosthodontics providers in South Carolina.
Other prosthodontics in Charleston
- Monica CayouetteCharleston$11K
- Adam ClarkCharleston$614
- Brockman SmithCharleston$380
- Ryne JohnsonCharleston$35
- Safa TahmasebiFort Mill$33K
- Zebulon MorganWest Columbia$4K
- Robert HollandColumbia$3K
- Astrid RecioColumbia$2K
- Mary MachowskiPawleys Island$890
- Cynthia NicholsColumbia$872
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.