Veronica Stukes, APRN
Gerontology · Columbia, SCNPI 1457995375
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 84 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 84 payments — averaging $18.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$236
- Pfizer$220
- AbbVie$189
- AstraZeneca$123
- Exact Sciences$90
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$89
- plus $634 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,582100%
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.
How this compares
$1,582 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 137 gerontology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 28 | $1,278 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 46 | $765 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 79 | $617 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 83 | $350 |
| Omeprazole | 32 | $347 |
| Valsartan | 11 | $340 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $316 |
| Metformin Hcl | 39 | $273 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 16 | $244 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 28 | $232 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | $206 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 21 | $184 |
| Potassium Chloride | 20 | $176 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $166 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 12 | $162 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gerontology in Columbia
- Erin SullivanColumbia$13K
- Ryan BakerColumbia$9K
- Ayesha McCormickColumbia$4K
- James MorganColumbia$3K
- Arielya BinnColumbia$3K
- Cecelia HallColumbia$2K
- Stephanie MillhouseColumbia$2K
- Mary Ellen SullivanColumbia$1K
- Timothy MalinowskiGreenville$49K
- Ann ShattuckNorth Charleston$15K
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.