Rebecca Lehman
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Columbia, SCNPI 1831105659
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,268 of the $6,712 with a category attached, or 63.6%. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. accounts for 83.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,698 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $18 in 2025. Among neurology with special qualifications in child neurology clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 26 payments — averaging $258.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$6K
- Abbott$342
- Medtronic$264
- Biogen$195
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$182
- UCB, Inc.$95
- plus $50 from 3 others
Across 86 payments — averaging $4988.12 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.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$254K
- AbbVie$138K
- Eli Lilly$25K
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$9K
- Pfizer$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,26864%
- Travel & lodging$1,12617%
- Food & beverage$1,31020%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $5,585 |
| Abbott | 4 | $342 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $264 |
| Biogen | 2 | $195 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 4 | $182 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $95 |
| Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. (fka Avexis, Inc.) | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $8 |
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.
- AUSTEDO$5,585
- PROCLAIM$191
- Vanta$159
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$124
- Proclaim IPG$121
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$105
How this compares
$6,712 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 25 neurology with special qualifications in child neurology providers in South Carolina.
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Other neurology with special qualifications in child neurology in Columbia
- Ramit SinglaColumbia$1K
- Mary GregoryColumbia$783
- Jordann StaplesColumbia$562
- Matthew KhayataColumbia$423
- Krisztina Harsanyi-JillingColumbia$255
- James ParrottColumbia$54
- Dalila LewisCharleston$113K
- Mariana SzuchmacherCharleston$7K
- Robert TurnerCharleston$2K
- Michael BabcockGreenville$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.