Kristina Bristow
Adult Health · West Columbia, SCNPI 1700345303
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 234 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 37.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,054 and has fallen 52.1% since, to $505 in 2025.
Across 234 payments — averaging $16.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- Amgen$417
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$346
- Novo Nordisk$287
- Pfizer$277
- Abbott$218
- plus $946 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,963100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 102 | $1,472 |
| Amgen | 29 | $417 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 11 | $346 |
| Novo Nordisk | 14 | $287 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $277 |
| Abbott | 10 | $218 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $217 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $108 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $74 |
| Merck | 5 | $74 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $70 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $37 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $37 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $34 |
| Bayer | 2 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $29 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $17 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $16 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| KCI 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.
How this compares
$3,963 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 292 adult health providers in South Carolina.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 536 | $526,966 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 119 | $114,091 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 94 | $96,151 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 91 | $77,459 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 28 | $37,066 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 25 | $26,683 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 43 | $24,592 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 14 | $18,435 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 549 | $9,944 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 323 | $6,066 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 62 | $4,891 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 20 | $4,342 |
| Carvedilol | 504 | $4,279 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 340 | $4,098 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 244 | $3,844 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $277 | $526,966536 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $70 | $114,091119 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,472 | $96,15194 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $74 | $77,45991 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $108 | $61,65871 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $287 | $18,43514 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 80th percentile of 292 adult health providers in South Carolina.
Other adult health in West Columbia
- Andrea OlsonWest Columbia$12K
- Christi WigginsWest Columbia$10K
- Leslee AunWest Columbia$8K
- Susan GriffinWest Columbia$8K
- Jennifer PeaglerWest Columbia$8K
- Latoya HintonWest Columbia$7K
- Shannon HallmanWest Columbia$7K
- Natalie O'KellyWest Columbia$7K
- Haleigh TaylorWest Columbia$6K
- Cecilia PorcherWest Columbia$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.