Laura Denning
Pediatrics · Council Bluffs, IANPI 1922515030
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,659 of the $5,167 with a category attached, or 70.8%. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2%. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,640 and has fallen 58.7% since, to $677 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in IA 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 147 payments — averaging $35.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$891
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$822
- Intuitive Surgical$744
- AbbVie$659
- Medtronic$334
- Amgen$230
- plus $1K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,00820%
- Food & beverage$3,65971%
- Education$50010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $891 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $822 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $744 |
| AbbVie | 33 | $659 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $334 |
| Amgen | 17 | $230 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 9 | $161 |
| Bayer | 9 | $158 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $128 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $94 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 5 | $85 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 5 | $73 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $60 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $58 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $44 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Vertex | 2 | $36 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $34 |
| GSK | 2 | $33 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $29 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $13 |
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
$5,167 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 308 pediatrics providers in Iowa.
Other pediatrics in Council Bluffs
- Shawn JonesCouncil Bluffs$2K
- Sina LinmanCouncil Bluffs$2K
- Eneh OkoruwaCouncil Bluffs$1K
- Andrew MaxwellCouncil Bluffs$1K
- Daniel SleiterDes Moines$44K
- Lauren Siebrase WilkesIowa City$33K
- Heidi KochDes Moines$16K
- Jan FooteDes Moines$9K
- Sara Goslin NeffCedar Rapids$4K
- Kathleen GradovilleDes Moines$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.