Jill Stearns
Pediatrics · Castle Rock, CONPI 1750921102
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.6% of the total across 138 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $980, 4.9 times the $201 reported in 2021. Among pediatrics clinicians in CO 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 138 payments — averaging $23.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$725
- AbbVie$532
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$384
- Johnson & Johnson$372
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$311
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$237
- plus $730 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,24699%
- Education$461%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 32 | $725 |
| AbbVie | 19 | $532 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 15 | $384 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $372 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 12 | $311 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 15 | $237 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 11 | $186 |
| Sandoz | 4 | $82 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $47 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $38 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $32 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $30 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Albireo Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 1 | $18 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,292 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 872 pediatrics providers in Colorado.
Other pediatrics in Castle Rock
- Jenna MtuiDenver$155K
- Erwin GelfandDenver$143K
- Amanda DempseyAurora$33K
- Joseph SmithBrighton$33K
- Sofia MeierAurora$27K
- Michelle PatyAurora$11K
- Shelley BrandstetterAurora$10K
- Molly HemenwayAurora$10K
- Martha MiddlemistCentennial$8K
- Carina KugelmasDenver$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.