Kelly Morales
Family Medicine · North Charleston, SCNPI 1306132881
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 6 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lilly USA, LLC at 30.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $53 and has fallen 57.2% since, to $23 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for family medicine clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $473.
Across 6 payments — averaging $15.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$28
- Boehringer Ingelheim$27
- Abbott$23
- GSK$13
Across 537 payments — averaging $12,123 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.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$1.9M
- AstraZeneca$1.6M
- Modernatx, Inc.$1.2M
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$943K
- Seqirus USA Inc$314K
- AbbVie$256K
- plus $348K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$91100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| GSK | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$91 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amlodipine Besylate | 22 | $74 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $36 |
| Lisinopril | 11 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in North Charleston
- Joseph JaffkeNorth Charleston$14K
- Stephen BruntonWinnsboro$1.3M
- Richard WilkesMt Pleasant$216K
- Andrew MartinColumbia$205K
- Ada StewartColumbia$186K
- Jeffrey BroderNorth Augusta$140K
- Terry NagelColumbia$112K
- Katherine JohnsonGreenwood$80K
- Scott SmithMount Pleasant$68K
- Jennifer StolinSummerville$59K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.