Alan Schaffert
Neurology · Modesto, CANPI 1326055880
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 178 payments — averaging $19.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$481
- Biogen$322
- Johnson & Johnson$305
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$285
- Novartis$238
- Livanova USA, Inc.$223
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,35597%
- Education$1033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 23 | $481 |
| Biogen | 20 | $322 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $305 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 25 | $285 |
| Novartis | 19 | $238 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 6 | $223 |
| AbbVie | 17 | $220 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $149 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $138 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $129 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $124 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $112 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 5 | $71 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $53 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $44 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $36 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $20 |
| Banner Life Sciences, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $12 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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
$3,458 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Modesto
- Timothy CloughesyLos Angeles$33.1M
- Jack FlorinFullerton$13M
- David KudrowSanta Monica$12.8M
- John Ravitsla Jolla$8.4M
- Perminder BhatiaFresno$8.3M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$8.2M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$8.2M
- Bruce CreeSan Francisco$8M
- Lawrence RechtPalo Alto$6.6M
- Stanley PrusinerSan Francisco$6.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.