Newton Brackett, MD
Surgery · Georgetown, SCNPI 1083658025
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 22 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 11 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $240 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $31 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $1,501.
Across 22 payments — averaging $25.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Elucent Medical$100
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$82
- Molli Surgical (US) Inc$82
- Leica Microsystems Inc.$71
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$45
- Hologic Inc$40
- plus $138 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$558100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elucent Medical | 2 | $100 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Molli Surgical (US) Inc | 1 | $82 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 2 | $71 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Hologic Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $29 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$558 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 553 surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Raloxifene Hcl | 35 | $2,244 |
| Exemestane | 13 | $975 |
| Letrozole | 48 | $806 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 45 | $708 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 23 | $551 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 14 | $58 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $58 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $47 |
| Diazepam | 48 | $34 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Georgetown
- Ari KramerSpartanburg$502K
- Chitharanjan PullattranaCharleston$408K
- John ScottGreenville$242K
- Jason CundiffGreenville$235K
- Steven KahnCharleston$197K
- John KramerPawleys Island$194K
- William CobbGreenville$159K
- Steven LauzonSumter$143K
- Shanu KothariGreenville$122K
- Charles MitchellMoncks Corner$87K
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.