Sarah Schumacher
Family Medicine · Irmo, SCNPI 1316916273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 93 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $718 and has fallen 83.6% since, to $118 in 2021.
Across 93 payments — averaging $14.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$206
- Amgen$181
- AstraZeneca$147
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$99
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$99
- AbbVie$70
- plus $533 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,335100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $206 |
| Amgen | 12 | $181 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $147 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $99 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $99 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $70 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Novartis | 3 | $36 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $27 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $25 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,335 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Irmo
- Stephen BruntonWinnsboro$1.3M
- Richard WilkesMt Pleasant$216K
- Andrew MartinColumbia$205K
- Ada StewartColumbia$186K
- Jeffrey BroderNorth Augusta$140K
- Terry NagelColumbia$112K
- Katherine JohnsonGreenwood$80K
- Scott SmithMount Pleasant$68K
- Jennifer StolinSummerville$59K
- Nicholas PenningsNorth Myrtle Beach$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.