Jennifer Kern, DPM
Podiatrist · West Columbia, SCNPI 1568402790
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.8% of the total across 116 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Averitas Pharma Inc. at 31.3% of the total.
Across 116 payments — averaging $20.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$750
- Organogenesis Inc.$527
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$340
- Smith+Nephew$157
- AbbVie$134
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$116
- plus $376 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1004%
- Food & beverage$2,30096%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 35 | $750 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 20 | $527 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 22 | $340 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $157 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $134 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $116 |
| Comsort, Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $66 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 6 | $59 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Glenmark Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $9 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $6 |
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.
- SIVEXTRO$100
How this compares
$2,400 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 61 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 94 | $655 |
| Ketoconazole | 13 | $283 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $166 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $139 |
| Cephalexin | 28 | $123 |
| Allopurinol | 15 | $113 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in West Columbia
- Fernando Quirindongo SolanoWest Columbia$3K
- Kenice FrankWest Columbia$2K
- Marcela FarrerWest Columbia$1K
- Renee AltmanWest Columbia$985
- Brandon PercivalLancaster$136K
- Alan BlockFlorence$96K
- William LongSimpsonville$91K
- Michael McCannFlorence$15K
- Daniel MethuselahIrmo$14K
- Breelyn MilesLadson$13K
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.