Keith August
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Kansas City, MONPI 1669554085
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,650 of the $7,463 with a category attached, or 62.3%. Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. accounts for 97.5% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 7 payments — averaging $1066.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$7K
- Novartis$125
- Sanofi$36
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$25
Across 77 payments — averaging $8056.87 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.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$534K
- Incyte Corporation$40K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$22K
- Pfizer$12K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$10K
- Novartis$2K
- plus $1K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,65062%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,48033%
- Food & beverage$3334%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $7,277 |
| Novartis | 1 | $125 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $36 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $25 |
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.
- RYLAZE$7,130
How this compares
$7,463 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 78 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Missouri.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 13 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Kansas City
- Michael SilveyKansas City$124K
- Lauren AmosKansas City$109K
- Ibrahim AhmedKansas City$79K
- Erin GuestKansas City$21K
- Shannon CarpenterKansas City$19K
- Gerald WoodsKansas City$11K
- Brian WicklundKansas City$9K
- Terrie FlattKansas City$5K
- Jignesh DalalKansas City$4K
- Sara McElroyKansas City$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.