William Byars
Family Medicine · Greer, SCNPI 1336110147
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,619 of the $2,324 with a category attached, or 69.7%. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Eli Lilly at 50.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,168 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $21 in 2023.
Across 35 payments — averaging $66.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$1K
- Novo Nordisk AS$986
- Lilly USA, LLC$95
- Novo Nordisk$62
Across 744 payments — averaging $6433.68 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.
- Eli Lilly$1.9M
- GSK$1.3M
- Pfizer$851K
- Amgen$198K
- Merck$121K
- AstraZeneca$116K
- plus $312K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,61970%
- Food & beverage$70530%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 23 | $1,181 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 9 | $986 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $95 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $62 |
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.
- Saxenda$810
How this compares
$2,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 2,153 family medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other family medicine in Greer
- Stephen BruntonWinnsboro$1.3M
- Richard WilkesMt Pleasant$216K
- Andrew MartinColumbia$205K
- Ada StewartColumbia$186K
- Jeffrey BroderNorth Augusta$140K
- Terry NagelColumbia$112K
- Katherine JohnsonGreenwood$80K
- Scott SmithMount Pleasant$68K
- Jennifer StolinSummerville$59K
- Nicholas PenningsNorth Myrtle Beach$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.