RxDoctor Payments Data

Stephanie Sisley

Pediatric Endocrinology · Houston, TXNPI 1215146196

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (53.7%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 98.0% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest.

$10,476in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 11 payments — averaging $952.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$10K
  • Abbott$124
  • Medtronic$86
$2,572,542in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 857 payments — averaging $3001.80 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.

  • Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2.1M
  • Eli Lilly$441K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$4,50043%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$5,62554%
  • Food & beverage$3513%

General payments by program year

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25

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$10,265
Abbott1$124
Medtronic1$86

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

$10,476 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 120 pediatric endocrinology providers in Texas.

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