Timothy Henkel
Infectious Disease · Hilton Head Island, SCNPI 1467789909
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,799,679 of the $1,799,679 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Helsinn Healthcare SA. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $646,735 and has fallen 72.9% since, to $175,582 in 2025. Among infectious disease clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 51 payments — averaging $35,288 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Helsinn Healthcare SA$1.8M
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,799,679100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Helsinn Healthcare SA | 51 | $1,799,679 |
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.
- VALCHLOR$1,799,679
How this compares
$1,799,679 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 102 infectious disease providers in South Carolina.
Other infectious disease in Hilton Head Island
- Toby FugateCharleston$136K
- John McKinnonCharleston$85K
- John SchrankGreenville$74K
- Rishika MotianiFlorence$43K
- John GnannCharleston$39K
- John SamiesOrangeburg$18K
- Akinwale OlatosiCamden$17K
- Robert BallNorth Charleston$14K
- Eunice GuzmanMyrtle Beach$10K
- Scott CurryCharleston$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.