Shelley Mahaffey
Pediatrics · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1891765533
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 60 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 25.1% of the total.
Across 60 payments — averaging $18.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$281
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$154
- GSK$88
- Merck$72
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$66
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$58
- plus $397 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,117100%
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 | 15 | $281 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $154 |
| GSK | 6 | $88 |
| Merck | 5 | $72 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $58 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $53 |
| Sobi, Inc | 3 | $46 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $20 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Cepheid | 1 | $17 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$1,117 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 969 pediatrics providers in South Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Spartanburg
- Asif KidwaiSpartanburg$4K
- Jack ClelandSpartanburg$2K
- William JarvisHilton Head Island$78K
- Anthony PruittBlythewood$42K
- Stephen StriplingCharleston$31K
- Erin TomlinShaw Afb$12K
- Cara O NeillColumbia$12K
- Robert CliffordCharleston$8K
- Jonathan MasonGeorgetown$7K
- John CarrollColumbia$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.