Physician profile

Tom A Christensen

Family Medicine · Little River, SC

NPI 1164429825

$12,253.92

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

52 companies · none reported in 2025

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$48.66

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Glaxosmithkline, LLC. $1,329.02 2019-2022
Novo Nordisk INC $1,016.55 2019-2022
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,015.07 2019-2022
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, INC $1,000.87 2019-2022
Amarin Pharma, INC. $990.39 2019-2022
Amgen INC. $947.24 2019-2022
Astellas Pharma US INC $923.24 2019-2022
Lilly USA, LLC $528.38 2020-2022
Abbvie INC. $470.66 2019-2022
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $456.51 2019-2022
Pfizer INC. $398.41 2019-2021
Allergan, INC. $377.11 2019-2020
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division of Bausch Health US, LLC $314.42 2019-2022
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $269.84 2019-2022
Mylan Specialty L.P. $245.43 2019-2022
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Abbott Laboratories $206.00 2022-2023 Freestyle Libre 3
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $163.94 2019-2022
Radius Health, INC. $161.67 2019-2021
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, INC. $134.63 2019-2022
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., INC. $123.67 2019-2022
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, INC. $123.59 2021
Inari Medical, INC. $118.79 2021
Antares Pharma, INC. $115.26 2019-2020
Nevro Corp. $104.73 2021
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals INC. $97.78 2019-2022
Forte Bio-Pharma LLC $81.49 2021-2022
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition INC. $61.93 2021
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC $54.14 2019-2020
Eisai INC. $50.98 2020-2022
Esperion Therapeutics, INC. $46.19 2020-2021
Daiichi Sankyo INC. $46.13 2021-2022
Philips North America LLC $42.44 2019
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $38.81 2019-2021
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals INC. $27.77 2022
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, INC. $26.86 2021
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical INC. $17.25 2019
Biogen, INC. $16.75 2021
Insmed, INC. $16.24 2020
Clarus Therapeutics INC. $15.65 2021
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, INC. $15.44 2021
Shire North American Group INC $13.75 2019
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products INC. $13.37 2021
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.65 2021
Zyla Life Sciences, INC. $11.56 2019
Horizon Therapeutics Plc $11.32 2020

7 companies reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Tom A Christensen

$12,253.92

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2023
Top company
Glaxosmithkline, LLC.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.