RxDoctor Payments Data

Jeremy McCallum, MD

Sports Medicine · Little River, SCNPI 1134440738

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — grants (56.6%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 46.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $24,808 and has fallen 96.7% since, to $815 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$43,074in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 80 payments — averaging $538.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Arthrex$20K
  • Smith+Nephew$7K
  • Peerless Surgical Inc.$6K
  • DJO, LLC$4K
  • Exactech, Inc.$1K
  • Encore Medical, LP$1K
  • plus $3K from 14 others

What the payments were for

  • Grants$24,37557%
  • Travel & lodging$4,40010%
  • Food & beverage$5,81213%
  • Education$8,48720%

General payments by program year

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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.

How this compares

$43,074 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 158 sports medicine providers in South Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$346,655
Medicare patients
552
Services billed
3,686

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Meloxicam77$422
Celecoxib24$411
Ibuprofen15$199
Methylprednisolone32$180
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen17$105
Naproxen18$91
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen16$87
Tramadol Hcl15$19
Amoxicillin12$10

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other sports medicine in Little River

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Where these figures come from

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