Marcela Farrer, DPM
Podiatrist · West Columbia, SCNPI 1972779833
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $917 of the $1,398 with a category attached, or 65.6%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kerecis Limited at 56.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,227, more than ten times the $19 reported in 2023.
Across 27 payments — averaging $51.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerecis Limited$786
- Smith+Nephew$242
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$132
- Organogenesis Inc.$67
- Convatec Inc.$34
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$33
- plus $103 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$48134%
- Food & beverage$91766%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $786 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $242 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $132 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $19 |
| Reapplix Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Kerecis SurgiClose$2,380
- Kerecis GraftGuide$595
- GRAFIX PL$111
How this compares
$1,398 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 61 podiatrist 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.
Other podiatrist in West Columbia
- Fernando Quirindongo SolanoWest Columbia$3K
- Jennifer KernWest Columbia$2K
- Kenice FrankWest Columbia$2K
- Renee AltmanWest Columbia$985
- Brandon PercivalLancaster$136K
- Alan BlockFlorence$96K
- William LongSimpsonville$91K
- Michael McCannFlorence$15K
- Daniel MethuselahIrmo$14K
- Breelyn MilesLadson$13K
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.