Larry Ware
Family Medicine · Union, SCNPI 1861479685
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 118 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2021 is the largest year on record at $788, 2.3 times the $349 reported in 2019.
Across 118 payments — averaging $14.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$277
- Boehringer Ingelheim$191
- Pfizer$185
- GSK$159
- Novo Nordisk$123
- AbbVie$107
- plus $687 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,729100%
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 | 18 | $277 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $191 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $185 |
| GSK | 11 | $159 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $123 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $107 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $90 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $90 |
| Merck | 5 | $79 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $73 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $53 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $40 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Abbott | 2 | $30 |
| Novartis | 2 | $23 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,729 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $97 |
| Lisinopril | 11 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Union
- 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
- Nicholas PenningsNorth Myrtle Beach$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.