William Childers
Geriatric Medicine · Laurens, SCNPI 1629011473
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 233 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 44 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,001 and has fallen 55.6% since, to $445 in 2025. Among geriatric medicine clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 233 payments — averaging $17.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$605
- GSK$449
- AstraZeneca$405
- AbbVie$307
- Exact Sciences$200
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$173
- plus $2K from 38 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,976100%
- Education$80%
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.
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.
How this compares
$3,984 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 41 geriatric medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 151 | $207,950 |
| EliquisApixaban | 224 | $165,482 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 120 | $138,317 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 149 | $100,717 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 40 | $57,728 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 74 | $55,007 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 81 | $54,701 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 31 | $45,948 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 67 | $37,026 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 31 | $23,155 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 21 | $18,376 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 25 | $17,520 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 710 | $17,154 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 18 | $16,605 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 48 | $13,602 |
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 | $605 | $224,555169 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $159 | $196,046160 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $60 | $169,138237 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $70 | $100,717149 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $405 | $77,514111 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Linzess | $307 | $56,78444 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $449 | $54,70181 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $173 | $23,15531 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $150 | $17,52025 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $49 | $13,60248 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $64 | $10,61712 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $100 | $9,00512 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 41 geriatric medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other geriatric medicine in Laurens
- John KleckleyColumbia$19K
- Fariha SultanGreenville$6K
- Joseph GarandPiedmont$4K
- Lester SalwenGreenville$3K
- Ingrid Isakov KyriakakisAnderson$2K
- Marion DavisSumter$2K
- Macdonald DuboseSumter$988
- Barto KellettGreenville$664
- Michelle CrouseGreenville$610
- Lynnette GuiraoGreer$503
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.