Kathleen McKie
Pediatric Pulmonology · Augusta, GANPI 1801905948
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.1% of the total across 46 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 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 46 payments — averaging $24.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$127
- Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.$122
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$118
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$100
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$93
- Vertex$92
- plus $475 from 12 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $470.68 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.
- AbbVie$7K
- Gilead$3K
- Vivus LLC$1K
- Novartis$11
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,02791%
- Education$1009%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $127 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $122 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 6 | $118 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Vertex | 5 | $92 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $76 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $68 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 2 | $59 |
| Digestive Care, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $54 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,127 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 24 pediatric pulmonology providers in Georgia.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Augusta
- Dionne AdairAugusta$3K
- Valera HudsonAugusta$13
- Leroy GrahamAtlanta$41K
- Randall BrownAtlanta$26K
- Allan DiasAtlanta$5K
- Gordana Lovrekovic ZakulaSavannah$1K
- James LoganMacon$1K
- Burton LesnickAtlanta$822
- Kevin KirchnerAtlanta$739
- Lokesh GuglaniAtlanta$711
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.