Daniel Sleiter
Pediatrics · Des Moines, IANPI 1447242359
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (41.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. at 55.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $23,700 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $93 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in IA 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 124 payments — averaging $352.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$24K
- Dexcom, Inc.$18K
- Abbott$788
- AbbVie$150
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$143
- Sequel Med Tech, LLC$93
- plus $308 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,33037%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,07041%
- Travel & lodging$7,34717%
- Food & beverage$1,9434%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 56 | $24,192 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 35 | $18,018 |
| Abbott | 8 | $788 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $150 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 5 | $143 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $93 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $74 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $72 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $33 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- CRYSVITA$23,122
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$18,000
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$700
How this compares
$43,690 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 308 pediatrics providers in Iowa.
Other pediatrics in Des Moines
- Heidi KochDes Moines$16K
- Jan FooteDes Moines$9K
- Kathleen GradovilleDes Moines$3K
- Alisha KumarDes Moines$2K
- Robert FornoffDes Moines$1K
- Sally TwedtDes Moines$674
- Casie HaleDes Moines$554
- Christina DasilvaDes Moines$547
- Lauren Siebrase WilkesIowa City$33K
- Laura DenningCouncil Bluffs$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.