Michael Sackman
Pediatrics · Sterling Heights, MINPI 1457387300
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 86 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics clinicians in MI 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 86 payments — averaging $62.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$996
- AstraZeneca$795
- Novo Nordisk$783
- Amgen$565
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$354
- Tris Pharma Inc$335
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,349100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 19 | $996 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $795 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $783 |
| Amgen | 5 | $565 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $354 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 8 | $335 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $261 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $244 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $133 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $125 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $110 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Merck | 2 | $98 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 5 | $97 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $85 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $53 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $20 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 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
$5,349 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,473 pediatrics providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Azithromycin | 13 | $83 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatrics in Sterling Heights
- Ethel VillanuevaSterling Heights$5K
- Rickey WilsonCaledonia$263K
- Meera ChitlurDetroit$236K
- Randall LejaGrand Rapids$211K
- Madhvi RajpurkarDetroit$162K
- Wanda Whitten-ShurneyDetroit$152K
- Brian LecleirGrand Rapids$145K
- Jeanette CampbellPontiac$94K
- David SvilarAnn Arbor$66K
- Marcus DegrawDetroit$62K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.