Patricia Head
Primary Care · Columbia, SCNPI 1205822509
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 264 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 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,947, 4.6 times the $421 reported in 2021. Among primary care clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 264 payments — averaging $24.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Novo Nordisk$939
- AbbVie$633
- Lilly USA, LLC$494
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$383
- Abbott$380
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,39499%
- Education$761%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 30 | $1,164 |
| Novo Nordisk | 32 | $939 |
| AbbVie | 37 | $633 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 23 | $494 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 6 | $383 |
| Abbott | 13 | $380 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $361 |
| Exact Sciences | 15 | $263 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 11 | $177 |
| GSK | 4 | $177 |
| Novartis | 8 | $164 |
| Amgen | 10 | $162 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $130 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $121 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $83 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $73 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $61 |
| Merck | 3 | $53 |
| Insulet Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $29 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bayer | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$6,471 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 115 primary care 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 | 85 | $120,995 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 103 | $92,662 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 38 | $50,430 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 33 | $49,179 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 63 | $43,908 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 38 | $33,269 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 48 | $32,346 |
| EliquisApixaban | 30 | $22,212 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 21 | $14,102 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 13 | $14,077 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 19 | $13,716 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 15 | $13,252 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 12 | $11,458 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $10,730 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 28 | $4,373 |
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 | $939 | $120,99585 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $494 | $99,60971 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $1,164 | $92,662103 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Ubrelvy, Synthroid | $633 | $45,61582 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $130 | $43,90863 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $361 | $22,21230 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $53 | $14,10221 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $15 | $13,71619 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $26 | $10,73012 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 90th percentile of 115 primary care providers in South Carolina.
Other primary care in Columbia
- Lyndsey MathiasColumbia$3K
- Yolanda Boyd-GanttColumbia$3K
- Madeline SmithColumbia$2K
- Jennifer GillisColumbia$2K
- Marisa GentryColumbia$2K
- Hadyn GauseColumbia$2K
- Adrenna JacksonColumbia$2K
- Mollie CottyColumbia$2K
- Deidra WillisColumbia$1K
- Tiffany JohnsonColumbia$787
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.