Dana Verch, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Folsom, CANPI 1720064868
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $1,200 of the $1,628 with a category attached, or 73.7%. Sequoia Surgical, Inc. accounts for 74.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,231 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $37 in 2023.
Across 16 payments — averaging $101.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sequoia Surgical, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$207
- Next Science LLC$51
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$50
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$49
- Medacta USA, Inc.$23
- plus $30 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$42826%
- Education$1,20074%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $1,219 |
| Stryker | 6 | $207 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $51 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,628 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 130 orthopedic surgery providers in California.
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.
Other orthopedic surgery in Folsom
- Peter SfakianosFolsom$1K
- Marshall ChingOroville$17.8M
- Ran SchwarzkopfOrange$2M
- Brian ChingOroville$1.4M
- Peter KurzweilLong Beach$494K
- Scott Hackerla Mesa$434K
- Richard NussbaumSherman Oaks$238K
- William KimTorrance$164K
- Peter BordenTorrance$111K
- Raymond FolmarIrvine$70K
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.