Rebecca Pierce
Pediatrics · Augusta, GANPI 1437598364
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 60 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Corium, LLC at 40.4% of the total.
Across 60 payments — averaging $20.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$502
- Sobi, Inc$80
- UCB, Inc.$64
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$61
- Merck$57
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$55
- plus $424 from 12 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $3450.89 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.
- AstraZeneca$53K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,243100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corium, LLC | 22 | $502 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $80 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Merck | 4 | $57 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| GSK | 3 | $51 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $33 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 2 | $33 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| NS Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Biogen | 1 | $20 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$1,243 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,111 pediatrics providers in Georgia.
Other pediatrics in Augusta
- Amir AshrafiAtlanta$563K
- Sandra ArmsteadLithonia$424K
- Satheesh ChonatAtlanta$147K
- Karen ZimowskiAtlanta$139K
- F CantrellMarietta$129K
- Iyabode Akinsanya-BeysolowAtlanta$103K
- Lauren MiddlebrooksAtlanta$71K
- Rebecca EmoryAtlanta$40K
- Mark GriffithsAtlanta$34K
- Kelly TickleAtlanta$29K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.