Michael Barker
Pediatrics · Columbia, SCNPI 1952311086
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 75 payments — averaging $21.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$533
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$272
- Pfizer$180
- Tris Pharma Inc$108
- AstraZeneca$60
- Corium, LLC$60
- plus $410 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$302%
- Food & beverage$1,59298%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $533 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 15 | $272 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $180 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 6 | $108 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $60 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $60 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| GSK | 2 | $42 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $26 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 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.
- QELBREE$348
How this compares
$1,622 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 969 pediatrics providers in South Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Columbia
- Cara O NeillColumbia$522K
- John CarrollColumbia$7K
- Laura AlbergColumbia$6K
- Richard ShroudsColumbia$5K
- Kelly BranstetterColumbia$3K
- Jennifer SoroosColumbia$3K
- Emily SandersColumbia$3K
- Elizabeth HaileColumbia$3K
- Deborah GreenhouseColumbia$2K
- Theodore DuboseColumbia$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.