Carolina Placencia
Pediatrics · Spring, TXNPI 1871593186
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 95 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics clinicians in TX 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 95 payments — averaging $17.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$269
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$238
- Merck$214
- Corium, LLC$189
- Sobi, Inc$149
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$97
- plus $533 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,688100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 15 | $269 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $238 |
| Merck | 12 | $214 |
| Corium, LLC | 12 | $189 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $149 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 7 | $97 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 5 | $70 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 4 | $50 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,688 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in Spring
- Pedro PiedraHouston$729K
- Jason RiehsFrisco$216K
- Ivonne Sahagun-CarreonNew Braunfels$168K
- Angela ScheuerleDallas$118K
- Dianna BurnsSan Antonio$100K
- Jason TerkKeller$93K
- Vernon SuttonHouston$90K
- Laura ScalfanoPlano$74K
- Patricia AmersonSan Antonio$73K
- Ralph DeberardinisDallas$56K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.