Caroline Kline
Pediatrics · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1649689332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 331 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 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 331 payments — averaging $22.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech USA, Inc.$936
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$904
- AstraZeneca$781
- GSK$764
- Pfizer$494
- Novartis$482
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,39198%
- Education$1152%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 38 | $936 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 39 | $904 |
| AstraZeneca | 31 | $781 |
| GSK | 49 | $764 |
| Pfizer | 29 | $494 |
| Novartis | 26 | $482 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 20 | $478 |
| Sanofi | 10 | $411 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 19 | $395 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $325 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $236 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $198 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $163 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $110 |
| Incyte Corporation | 6 | $106 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 7 | $103 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 3 | $70 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $60 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Organon | 1 | $32 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $15 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| ADMA Biomanufacturing LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$7,505 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 913 pediatrics providers in Louisiana.
Other pediatrics in Baton Rouge
- Aimee CailletBaton Rouge$5K
- Darryl SanchesBaton Rouge$4K
- Lacey St AmantBaton Rouge$4K
- Tasha ShamlinBaton Rouge$4K
- Briana MayoBaton Rouge$4K
- Lacey ClarkBaton Rouge$3K
- Reuben BattleyBaton Rouge$2K
- Corey HebertGretna$1.3M
- Katie QueenBogalusa$61K
- Elizabeth WhiteCovington$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.