Bernard Scherer, PA
Physician Assistant · Augusta, GANPI 1972937571
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 71 payments — averaging $23.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$503
- Amgen$227
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$197
- Fidia Pharma USA Inc.$120
- Johnson & Johnson$91
- Avanos Medical$76
- plus $464 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,676100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $503 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 14 | $227 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $197 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $91 |
| Avanos Medical | 4 | $76 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $64 |
| Vertex | 3 | $56 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $45 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $44 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Abbott | 2 | $28 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,676 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant providers in Georgia.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 201 | $3,638 |
| Dexamethasone | 120 | $1,110 |
| Celecoxib | 50 | $709 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 50 | $542 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 55 | $507 |
| Gabapentin | 62 | $478 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 139 | $376 |
| Pregabalin | 49 | $325 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 53 | $214 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $133 |
| Levofloxacin | 19 | $132 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $126 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $122 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 18 | $90 |
| Amoxicillin | 24 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Augusta
- Jonell PoeAugusta$18K
- Julie BuirdAugusta$17K
- Kolyse CaverAugusta$16K
- Lacey PrestonAugusta$15K
- Douglas DiruggieroCartersville$1.3M
- Jennifer CobbsAtlanta$1M
- A BrunnerStockbridge$1M
- Joseph LangshawCalhoun$887K
- Alison MoeAtlanta$410K
- Maggie SchreckAtlanta$389K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.