Joye Fordham
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Summerville, SCNPI 1497073407
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 59 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 32.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $297 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $39 in 2024.
Across 59 payments — averaging $17.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$345
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$70
- Pfizer$59
- Evofem Biosciences, Inc.$56
- Organon$55
- Innovation Technologies Inc$45
- plus $425 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,04599%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 17 | $345 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $59 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Organon | 4 | $55 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $45 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Bayer | 2 | $31 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $29 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
How this compares
$1,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 673 obstetrics & gynecology providers in South Carolina.
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- Ronnie GivensSummerville$6K
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- Christine HunterSummerville$6K
- William ReevesSummerville$6K
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.