Robert Higginbotham
Pediatrics · Cordova, TNNPI 1386652204
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 167 payments — averaging $17.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$393
- Tris Pharma Inc$289
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$281
- Pfizer$269
- Corium, LLC$263
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$212
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,992100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 27 | $393 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 24 | $289 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 9 | $281 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $269 |
| Corium, LLC | 17 | $263 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 13 | $212 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $180 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 7 | $173 |
| Merck | 9 | $154 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 9 | $146 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 9 | $132 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $131 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $70 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $45 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $41 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| GSK | 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.
- (9124) LM Undivided$131
- TZIELD$125
How this compares
$2,992 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,338 pediatrics providers in Tennessee.
Other pediatrics in Cordova
- James SainoCordova$4K
- Clifford SeylerTullahoma$1.9M
- Nehali PatelMemphis$1.3M
- Richard GloverKnoxville$1.1M
- Joseph LeyKingsport$853K
- Laurie Harris-FordClarksville$401K
- Meghana SrinivasJohnson City$166K
- Madeline EllisGallatin$134K
- Jason JohnsonMemphis$131K
- Donald LewisKingsport$118K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.