Kathleen Knoebel
Pediatrics · Richmond, TXNPI 1841286945
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.7% of the total across 102 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 102 payments — averaging $18.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$356
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$178
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$160
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$150
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$133
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$132
- plus $775 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,76594%
- Other$1196%
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 | 21 | $356 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $178 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $160 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $150 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $133 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 9 | $132 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $119 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 7 | $106 |
| Merck | 7 | $103 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $85 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $75 |
| GSK | 3 | $67 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $28 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, 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
$1,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in Richmond
- Pedro PiedraHouston$729K
- Jason RiehsFrisco$216K
- Ivonne Sahagun-CarreonNew Braunfels$168K
- Angela ScheuerleDallas$118K
- Dianna BurnsSan Antonio$100K
- Jason TerkKeller$93K
- Vernon SuttonHouston$90K
- Laura ScalfanoPlano$74K
- Patricia AmersonSan Antonio$73K
- Ralph DeberardinisDallas$56K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.