Donna Porter
Pediatrics · Springfield, MONPI 1609493899
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,772 of the $2,790 with a category attached, or 63.5%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Livanova USA, Inc. at 52.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,816 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $87 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in MO 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 84 payments — averaging $33.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$199
- Dexcom, Inc.$184
- Novo Nordisk$165
- UCB, Inc.$95
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$93
- plus $604 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,01836%
- Food & beverage$1,77264%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 7 | $1,450 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $199 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 20 | $184 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $165 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 4 | $80 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $78 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 4 | $72 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| NS Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- VNS Therapy$1,408
How this compares
$2,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,306 pediatrics providers in Missouri.
Other pediatrics in Springfield
- Christopher SpinelliSpringfield$4K
- Molly FiggemeierSaint Louis$74K
- Terri LuetjenKansas City$57K
- Alexander FaySaint Louis$53K
- Kevin MurphyFlorissant$52K
- Sharon HumistonKansas City$41K
- Nikita RajeKansas City$23K
- Natasha BurgertKansas City$20K
- John GalganiHazelwood$18K
- Natalie GoedekerSaint Louis$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.