Christopher Sheppard, MD
Neurology · Uniontown, OHNPI 1306924964
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 972 payments — averaging $230.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$117K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$24K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$23K
- Novartis$16K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$13K
- Biogen$11K
- plus $21K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,63314%
- Speaking & faculty fees$124,84771%
- Travel & lodging$8,4725%
- Food & beverage$17,35710%
- Education$1290%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 154 | $116,521 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 155 | $23,778 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 119 | $22,706 |
| Novartis | 106 | $15,902 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 89 | $13,266 |
| Biogen | 147 | $10,613 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 16 | $7,071 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $6,755 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 16 | $2,800 |
| AstraZeneca | 48 | $1,484 |
| Banner Life Sciences, LLC | 7 | $917 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 28 | $842 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 9 | $231 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $177 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $167 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 9 | $149 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $122 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $105 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 | $69 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $67 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $36 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $34 |
| Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $22 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Almatica Pharma 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
$224,096 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kesimpta PenOfatumumab | 58 | $572,836 |
| SolirisEculizumab | 18 | $450,575 |
| RebifInterferon Beta-1a/Albumin | 33 | $341,619 |
| AubagioTeriflunomide | 37 | $339,026 |
| Glatiramer Acetate | 98 | $295,253 |
| Teriflunomide | 78 | $215,450 |
| GlatopaGlatiramer Acetate | 45 | $106,326 |
| CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate | 16 | $102,602 |
| TecfideraDimethyl Fumarate | 11 | $101,785 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 53 | $81,621 |
| Dalfampridine ErDalfampridine | 135 | $37,357 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 48 | $31,314 |
| Dimethyl Fumarate | 41 | $13,185 |
| Baclofen | 343 | $7,574 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 63 | $5,241 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaSoliris | $1,484 | $450,57518 claims |
| EMD Serono, Inc.Rebif | $22,706 | $341,61933 claims |
| SanofiAubagio | $116,521 | $339,02637 claims |
| SandozGlatopa | $34 | $106,32645 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Copaxone | $12 | $102,60216 claims |
| BiogenTecfidera | $10,613 | $101,78511 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $167 | $81,62153 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $12 | $9411 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
Other neurology in Uniontown
- Jose RafecasUniontown$693K
- Joel VandersluisDayton$12.3M
- Jerry MendellColumbus$11.5M
- Lawrence GoldstickDayton$6.9M
- Douglas ScharreColumbus$6.8M
- Robert BermelCleveland$6.4M
- Aaron BosterColumbus$6.3M
- Ryan DrakeCanton$5.5M
- Aram ZabetiCincinnati$5.3M
- Mark StillmanIndependence$4.6M
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.