James Wells, MD
Hematology & Oncology · West Columbia, SCNPI 1164509873
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 67 payments — averaging $22.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$393
- Genentech USA, Inc.$187
- AbbVie$130
- Bristol Myers Squibb$99
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$68
- Johnson & Johnson$66
- plus $558 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,49099%
- Education$121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 17 | $393 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $187 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $130 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $99 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $66 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $59 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $50 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $43 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 3 | $41 |
| Gilead | 2 | $40 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| GSK | 2 | $36 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Lucentis$106
How this compares
$1,502 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 166 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 40 | $687,738 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 34 | $554,823 |
| OjjaaraMomelotinib Dihydrochloride | 15 | $402,684 |
| VerzenioAbemaciclib | 20 | $299,639 |
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 12 | $263,883 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 82 | $260,151 |
| BrukinsaZanubrutinib | 16 | $227,509 |
| TagrissoOsimertinib Mesylate | 12 | $201,168 |
| Lenalidomide | 14 | $197,508 |
| MekinistTrametinib Dimethyl Sulfoxide | 12 | $187,437 |
| TafinlarDabrafenib Mesylate | 12 | $174,095 |
| EliquisApixaban | 92 | $85,986 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 17 | $13,381 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 16 | $11,946 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 16 | $6,343 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid | $99 | $687,73840 claims |
| GSKOjjaara | $36 | $402,68415 claims |
| NovartisMekinist, Tafinlar | $393 | $361,53224 claims |
| Beigene USA, Inc.Brukinsa | $41 | $227,50916 claims |
| AstraZenecaTagrisso | $30 | $201,16812 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $50 | $85,98692 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $66 | $13,38117 claims |
| AbbVieCreon | $130 | $11,94616 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 15th percentile of 166 hematology & oncology providers in South Carolina.
Other hematology & oncology in West Columbia
- Steven MaddenWest Columbia$335K
- Amanda BilkoWest Columbia$22K
- Ki ChungSpartanburg$4.7M
- Stephen DyarGreenville$4.5M
- Suzanne FanningGreenville$3.9M
- Vikas DemblaSpartanburg$3.2M
- Robert StuartCharleston$2.9M
- Tondre BuckSpartanburg$2.1M
- William EdenfieldGreenville$1.7M
- Bhumika PatelGreenville$1.5M
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.