Kathleen Bertman
Pediatrics · Charleston, SCNPI 1487034880
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $585 of the $771 with a category attached, or 75.8%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Welch Allyn at 24.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $225 and has fallen 91.6% since, to $19 in 2025.
Across 31 payments — averaging $24.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Welch Allyn$186
- Corium, LLC$119
- Pfizer$102
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$87
- Tris Pharma Inc$83
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$63
- plus $130 from 7 others
Across 127 payments — averaging $2732.60 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- GSK$177K
- Pfizer$113K
- Incyte Corporation$57K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$58576%
- Gifts$17122%
- Other$152%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Welch Allyn | 4 | $186 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $119 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $102 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 4 | $83 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Azstarys$100
How this compares
$771 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 969 pediatrics providers in South Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Charleston
- Stephen StriplingCharleston$31K
- Robert CliffordCharleston$8K
- James McElligottCharleston$6K
- John TraynhamCharleston$4K
- Todd VaskoCharleston$3K
- Phillip McGahaCharleston$2K
- Aimee GoedeckeCharleston$2K
- Micah VaskoCharleston$2K
- Christina CuffCharleston$2K
- Vanessa AdamsCharleston$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.