Sarah Ver Steeg
Pediatrics · Macon, GANPI 1518553692
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 172 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 11.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,035 and has fallen 52.2% since, to $494 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in GA 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 172 payments — averaging $21.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$416
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$365
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$358
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$346
- AstraZeneca$294
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$276
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,749100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 25 | $416 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 18 | $365 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 14 | $358 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 12 | $346 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $294 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 15 | $276 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $269 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $224 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 10 | $180 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 7 | $129 |
| Insulet Corporation | 5 | $118 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $53 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $52 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| GSK | 2 | $32 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| BD | 1 | $16 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,749 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,111 pediatrics providers in Georgia.
Other pediatrics in Macon
- 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.