Patricia Thompson
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Beaufort, SCNPI 1245335454
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, EMD Serono, Inc.. That places this record below the midpoint for obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $718.
Across 1 payment — averaging $19.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- EMD Serono, Inc.$20
Across 166 payments — averaging $3911.87 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$259K
- Mylan Inc.$138K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$118K
- Mylan Technologies Inc.$53K
- Myovant Sciences GmbH$28K
- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.$24K
- plus $31K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$20100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$20 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 673 obstetrics & gynecology providers in South Carolina.
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Other obstetrics & gynecology in Beaufort
- Christopher JenningsAnderson$1.3M
- William ColemanGreenville$242K
- Melvin SeidMauldin$235K
- Brooke NaffzigerWest Columbia$70K
- Judith BurgisColumbia$59K
- Charis ChambersGreenville$46K
- Angela ChoiCharleston$43K
- Andrew FuttermanCharleston$38K
- William OttingerCharleston$35K
- Cristian ThomaeCharleston$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.