Tara Bruno, NP
Family · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1235761768
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 266 payments — averaging $22.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- AbbVie$863
- Novo Nordisk$740
- AstraZeneca$259
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$253
- Pfizer$250
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,06518%
- Food & beverage$4,85082%
- Education$321%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 12 | $1,623 |
| AbbVie | 78 | $863 |
| Novo Nordisk | 37 | $740 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $259 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 10 | $253 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $250 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $219 |
| GSK | 11 | $219 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $124 |
| Exact Sciences | 7 | $121 |
| Amgen | 7 | $121 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 5 | $105 |
| Abbott | 5 | $104 |
| Merck | 6 | $92 |
| Novartis | 5 | $89 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $79 |
| Bayer | 4 | $66 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $65 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $61 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Atricure, 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.
- LifeVest$122
How this compares
$5,947 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,248 family providers in South Carolina.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 97 | $157,250 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 40 | $65,970 |
| EliquisApixaban | 48 | $54,021 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 54 | $43,059 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 46 | $36,334 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $36,168 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 38 | $29,275 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 13 | $25,125 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 23 | $19,088 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 19 | $18,131 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 16 | $9,655 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | $5,189 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 439 | $5,013 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 214 | $3,343 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 87 | $3,329 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $740 | $182,375110 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $124 | $65,97040 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $250 | $54,02148 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $259 | $41,52359 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $219 | $29,27538 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $863 | $21,30579 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $92 | $19,08823 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 3,248 family providers in South Carolina.
Other family in Myrtle Beach
- Beverly MillerMyrtle Beach$10K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.