Vipul Shah, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Florence, SCNPI 1184839755
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 20 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. at 37.7% of the total.
Across 20 payments — averaging $20.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$151
- Medtronic$76
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$31
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$30
- Philips North America LLC$28
- Abbott$24
- plus $60 from 4 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1000.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Kowa Research Institute, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$400100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 10 | $151 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $76 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $30 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $24 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Infobionic, Inc | 1 | $3 |
How this compares
$400 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 30 hospice and palliative medicine providers in South Carolina.
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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.
Other hospice and palliative medicine in Florence
- Mark FoxFlorence$266
- Melissa TaylorFlorence$140
- Ryan FuchsFlorence$71
- Naseem IsmailGreenville$2K
- Arun SinghGreenville$796
- Alvin ReavesOrangeburg$739
- Kathryn RawdanClemson$631
- Cheryl TaylorGreenville$511
- Virginia AlexanderGreenville$307
- Audrey HensonGreenville$266
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.