Sharon Barthelmes
Family · Piedmont, SCNPI 1043449705
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 502 payments — averaging $17.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- GSK$648
- AstraZeneca$552
- Pfizer$494
- Novo Nordisk$470
- plus $4K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,869100%
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.
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
$8,869 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,248 family providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 118 | $96,431 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 69 | $88,399 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 47 | $58,741 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 19 | $44,176 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 62 | $42,519 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 48 | $41,854 |
| EliquisApixaban | 41 | $33,602 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 24 | $25,034 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 29 | $23,769 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 26 | $18,980 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 15 | $18,143 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 11 | $15,654 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 13 | $12,608 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 15 | $10,271 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 73 | $8,724 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $1,003 | $113,43493 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat | $190 | $109,039131 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $470 | $58,74147 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar | $1,968 | $58,17373 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $426 | $44,17619 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $552 | $41,85448 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $494 | $33,60241 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Shingrix | $648 | $23,90548 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $348 | $23,76929 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $231 | $18,14315 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $42 | $10,27115 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 95th percentile of 3,248 family providers in South Carolina.
Other family in Piedmont
- Alison FogartyGreenville$2M
- Sara ChristieGreenville$229K
- Kara Cooper GilmerAnderson$127K
- Jessica BellEasley$96K
- Carrie HendersonGreenville$91K
- Sarah ValerioGreer$76K
- Mary WilliamsColumbia$67K
- Michelle StrongGreenville$55K
- Karen McKerihanSummerville$54K
- Doris ReidSimpsonville$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.