Lee Taylor, MD
Family Medicine · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1003863929
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 255 payments — averaging $14.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$526
- Novartis$357
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$343
- Amgen$323
- Abbott$279
- Bayer$250
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,59897%
- Education$150%
- Other$842%
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) | 49 | $526 |
| Novartis | 26 | $357 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 11 | $343 |
| Amgen | 21 | $323 |
| Abbott | 14 | $279 |
| Bayer | 35 | $250 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $227 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $203 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 10 | $168 |
| GSK | 9 | $126 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $84 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $81 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $78 |
| Corium, LLC | 5 | $72 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $54 |
| Merck | 4 | $51 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $50 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $25 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Intuity Medical Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $2 |
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.
- NEXLETOL$137
How this compares
$3,697 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,153 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 307 | $312,318 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 394 | $311,160 |
| EliquisApixaban | 252 | $200,144 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 191 | $200,056 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 127 | $164,033 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 119 | $107,894 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 130 | $105,507 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 104 | $76,542 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 55 | $72,071 |
| GlyxambiEmpagliflozin/Linagliptin | 67 | $64,333 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 88 | $62,115 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 65 | $52,019 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 45 | $37,062 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 1,420 | $35,861 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 28 | $32,312 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $50 | $476,352434 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $227 | $343,471422 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $26 | $272,127246 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Glyxambi, Tradjenta | $25 | $209,289231 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $54 | $200,144252 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr, Janumet | $51 | $158,231225 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $203 | $105,507130 claims |
| GSKArexvy, Trelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $126 | $54,611127 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexletol | $343 | $29,67737 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix, Vyvanse | $20 | $22,92537 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $168 | $18,76228 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $55 | $15,32712 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 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Spartanburg
- Latasha SelibySpartanburg$24K
- George BailesSpartanburg$22K
- Cayce TangemanGoose Creek$8.4M
- Jeremy AckermannMoncks Corner$7.6M
- Kelly MoralesNorth Charleston$6.5M
- William ByarsGreer$4.8M
- James FranklinGreenville$3.5M
- Stephen GrubbLittle River$3.4M
- Jeffrey HarrisGreenville$3.4M
- Shannon ConradN Charleston$3.3M
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.