Christine Higham
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · San Francisco, CANPI 1619292752
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,613 of the $2,982 with a category attached, or 87.6%. Omeros Corporation accounts for 87.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,737 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $37 in 2025.
Across 5 payments — averaging $596.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Omeros Corporation$3K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$208
- Novartis$124
- AstraZeneca$37
Across 16 payments — averaging $130,493 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.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2M
- AstraZeneca$80K
- Omeros Corporation$34K
- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,61388%
- Food & beverage$37012%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $2,613 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $208 |
| Novartis | 1 | $124 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $37 |
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.
- narsoplimab$2,613
- DEFITELIO$142
- KYMRIAH$124
How this compares
$2,982 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 307 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in California.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in San Francisco
- Michelle HermistonSan Francisco$49K
- Sandhya KharbandaSan Francisco$19K
- Mignon LohSan Francisco$19K
- Neha BhasinSan Francisco$17K
- Philip PizzoPalo Alto$2.6M
- Vinod BalasaMadera$508K
- Akshat JainRedlands$447K
- Noah FedermanLos Angeles$399K
- Vanessa Salinas-LunaOrange$344K
- Daniel KraftStanford$294K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.