Lisa Sanders, APRN
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 135 payments — averaging $16.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$533
- AstraZeneca$347
- Pfizer$253
- Novartis$168
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$158
- GSK$140
- plus $684 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,283100%
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 | 43 | $533 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $347 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $253 |
| Novartis | 9 | $168 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $158 |
| GSK | 8 | $140 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $136 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $75 |
| Amgen | 4 | $63 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $60 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $54 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $48 |
| Merck | 2 | $37 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 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.
- AIRSUPRA$101
How this compares
$2,283 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,248 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 198 | $216,092 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 165 | $146,782 |
| EliquisApixaban | 141 | $139,358 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 85 | $137,846 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 74 | $98,141 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 52 | $74,767 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 40 | $68,150 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 33 | $55,849 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 24 | $30,098 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 63 | $27,885 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 27 | $27,808 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 22 | $25,208 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 35 | $22,097 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 23 | $17,683 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 17 | $17,184 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $347 | $229,854212 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $140 | $196,764263 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $253 | $139,358141 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $136 | $98,14174 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $75 | $81,82858 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $168 | $74,76752 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $37 | $31,73034 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $533 | $30,09824 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $158 | $27,80827 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $36 | $17,18417 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 3,248 family providers in South Carolina.
Other family in Union
- Alison FogartyGreenville$2M
- Sara ChristieGreenville$229K
- Kara Cooper GilmerAnderson$127K
- Jessica BellEasley$96K
- Carrie HendersonGreenville$91K
- Sarah ValerioGreer$76K
- Mary WilliamsColumbia$67K
- Michelle StrongGreenville$55K
- Karen McKerihanSummerville$54K
- Doris ReidSimpsonville$25K
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.