Joseph Ley
Pediatrics · Kingsport, TNNPI 1689677304
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 663 payments — averaging $1286.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$435K
- Pfizer$154K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$112K
- GSK$87K
- Novavax Inc$22K
- AstraZeneca$21K
- plus $22K from 18 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1690.00 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.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$450%
- Travel & lodging$4,91048%
- Food & beverage$5,19051%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 251 | $434,976 |
| Pfizer | 105 | $154,101 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 62 | $111,748 |
| GSK | 95 | $86,580 |
| Novavax Inc | 20 | $22,066 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 24 | $21,470 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 2 | $7,875 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $6,684 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 4 | $2,829 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $1,765 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 45 | $1,576 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 15 | $259 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $174 |
| Corium, LLC | 6 | $168 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $98 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $38 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $27 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 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.
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$1,140
- V114$990
- QELBREE$546
How this compares
$852,653 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,338 pediatrics providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Montelukast Sodium | 24 | $530 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatrics in Kingsport
- Donald LewisKingsport$118K
- Kimberley HuntKingsport$4K
- Clifford SeylerTullahoma$1.9M
- Nehali PatelMemphis$1.3M
- Richard GloverKnoxville$1.1M
- Laurie Harris-FordClarksville$401K
- Meghana SrinivasJohnson City$166K
- Madeline EllisGallatin$134K
- Jason JohnsonMemphis$131K
- Daniel Moreira RidsdaleMemphis$100K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.