Sara Marcino
Psychiatry · Charleston, SCNPI 1609829886
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,877 of the $11,333 with a category attached, or 87.2%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 25.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,565, 5.6 times the $638 reported in 2019. Among psychiatry 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 549 payments — averaging $20.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$996
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$760
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$736
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$663
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$590
- plus $5K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,35012%
- Food & beverage$9,87787%
- Education$1061%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 85 | $2,853 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 65 | $996 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 51 | $760 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 32 | $736 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 23 | $663 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 27 | $590 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 22 | $585 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 37 | $577 |
| Corium, LLC | 37 | $500 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 24 | $451 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 17 | $395 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 22 | $363 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 18 | $334 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 17 | $252 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $220 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $209 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $184 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 9 | $137 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 7 | $128 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $58 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $33 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
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
$11,333 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 624 psychiatry providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Lamotrigine | 72 | $1,635 |
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate | 19 | $1,592 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 75 | $1,588 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 81 | $1,491 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 61 | $1,171 |
| Pramipexole DihydrochloridePramipexole Di-Hcl | 36 | $926 |
| Methylphenidate ErMethylphenidate Hcl | 17 | $826 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 44 | $782 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 42 | $776 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 19 | $612 |
| Clonazepam | 58 | $551 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 56 | $406 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $345 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 27 | $292 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 23 | $235 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $363 | $40656 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 624 psychiatry providers in South Carolina.
Other psychiatry in Charleston
- Ricardo FermoCharleston$262K
- Jacobo MintzerCharleston$132K
- Floyd SalleeCharleston$121K
- Kathleen BradyCharleston$83K
- Jordan SpencerCharleston$62K
- James BallengerCharleston$35K
- Mark HamnerCharleston$24K
- Constance AlexanderCharleston$20K
- Mark GeorgeCharleston$17K
- Lalithkumar SolaiCharleston$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.