Kelly Earnest
Pediatrics · Knoxville, TNNPI 1366437238
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.7% of the total across 192 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 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,175, 3.7 times the $315 reported in 2021. Among pediatrics clinicians in TN 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 192 payments — averaging $20.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$592
- Sanofi$501
- Johnson & Johnson$476
- AbbVie$405
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$404
- QOL Medical, LLC$307
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,78598%
- Education$902%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 24 | $592 |
| Sanofi | 21 | $501 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $476 |
| AbbVie | 32 | $405 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 28 | $404 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 13 | $307 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $307 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $222 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 4 | $86 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $80 |
| Gilead | 2 | $52 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Organon | 2 | $31 |
| Amgen | 2 | $31 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Orphalan Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Albireo Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,875 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,338 pediatrics providers in Tennessee.
Other pediatrics in Knoxville
- Lauren JohnsonKnoxville$23K
- Laura CoreKnoxville$6K
- Grace LawleyKnoxville$5K
- Lori MiddletonKnoxville$5K
- Laura TrenthamKnoxville$4K
- Timothy FrazierKnoxville$4K
- Chelsea WatkinsKnoxville$4K
- Mary MillerKnoxville$3K
- Phillip NoeKnoxville$3K
- Madeline EllisGallatin$134K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.