Jeffrey Bitterling
Pediatrics · Bowling Green, KYNPI 1154469625
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 188 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $609 and has fallen 67.1% since, to $201 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in KY 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 188 payments — averaging $15.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$608
- GSK$370
- Tris Pharma Inc$272
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$254
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$240
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$187
- plus $940 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,872100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corium, LLC | 58 | $608 |
| GSK | 18 | $370 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 16 | $272 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 17 | $254 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 15 | $240 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 10 | $187 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 10 | $165 |
| Merck | 8 | $125 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $91 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 5 | $76 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Sobi, Inc | 3 | $58 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $54 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $11 |
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.
- BEXSERO$124
How this compares
$2,872 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 777 pediatrics providers in Kentucky.
Other pediatrics in Bowling Green
- Sarah MayfieldBowling Green$5K
- Paul KnieryBowling Green$4K
- Zahid FraserBowling Green$3K
- Pippa Pinckley-StewartBowling Green$3K
- John SmithBowling Green$3K
- Sirish PalleHyden$89K
- Christian BerkhahnLouisville$85K
- Maurice AllgeierLouisville$38K
- Stanley BlockBardstown$34K
- Michael SimonNicholasville$32K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.