Joseph Nellis
Family Medicine · Goose Creek, SCNPI 1053382093
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 79 payments — averaging $18.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$342
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$238
- Novo Nordisk$236
- Lilly USA, LLC$118
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$104
- GSK$68
- plus $379 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,40895%
- Education$785%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 23 | $342 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 13 | $238 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $236 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $118 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $104 |
| GSK | 4 | $68 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $41 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $27 |
| Amgen | 2 | $27 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- RYBELSUS$118
How this compares
$1,486 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 14 | $17,984 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 32 | $309 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 17 | $250 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 27 | $155 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 17 | $139 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $134 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 11 | $112 |
| Losartan Potassium | 16 | $96 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 11 | $65 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 27 | $59 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 14 | $40 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $236 | $17,98414 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 65th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Goose Creek
- Cayce TangemanGoose Creek$8.4M
- Patricia CampbellGoose Creek$23K
- Jeremy AckermannMoncks Corner$7.6M
- Kelly MoralesNorth Charleston$6.5M
- William ByarsGreer$4.8M
- James FranklinGreenville$3.5M
- Stephen GrubbLittle River$3.4M
- Jeffrey HarrisGreenville$3.4M
- Shannon ConradN Charleston$3.3M
- Tom ChristensenLittle River$3.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.