Samantha Chaffin
Gynecology · Ronceverte, WVNPI 1215372271
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.5% of the total across 123 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $694 and has fallen 92.5% since, to $52 in 2024.
Across 123 payments — averaging $18.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$420
- AbbVie$359
- Amgen$195
- Bayer$155
- Organon$146
- Intuitive Surgical$139
- plus $908 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,21996%
- Education$1044%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 30 | $420 |
| AbbVie | 21 | $359 |
| Amgen | 13 | $195 |
| Bayer | 7 | $155 |
| Organon | 9 | $146 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $139 |
| Merck | 6 | $133 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $113 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $91 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $79 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| BD | 1 | $54 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $52 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $11 |
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
Too few gynecology providers in West Virginiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other gynecology in Ronceverte
- Robert DepondCharleston$29K
- Sam BadranPoint Pleasant$9K
- Derek KaznoskiMartinsburg$2K
- Leigh MasseyWheeling$732
- Vidya PuranikBeckley$147
- Lisa SkinnerMadison$88
- John BattaglinoWheeling$67
- Ernest FloresElkins$23
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.