Daniel Scher, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Washington, DCNPI 1770872665
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,644 of the $6,706 with a category attached, or 84.2%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 39.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,231 and has fallen 53.0% since, to $1,048 in 2025.
Across 148 payments — averaging $45.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Biocompatibles, Inc.$949
- Johnson & Johnson$757
- Medtronic$530
- Inari Medical, Inc.$360
- Terumo Medical Corporation$198
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6009%
- Travel & lodging$4617%
- Food & beverage$5,64484%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 65 | $2,625 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 2 | $949 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $757 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $530 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 8 | $360 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 5 | $198 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $197 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $191 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 6 | $134 |
| Stryker | 1 | $111 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 6 | $108 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Abbott | 4 | $58 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $57 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| BD | 2 | $51 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 3 | $51 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $42 |
| Baylis Medical Technologies Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- THERASPHERE-BIO$949
- NEUWAVE Flex Microwave Ablation System$600
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$409
- AngioJet Ultra 5000A$270
- ELUVIA$249
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$170
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$170
- Valiant Navion$141
- TRINAV INFUSION SYSTEM$133
- GENERAL EMBOLICS$128
- CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM$121
- FlowTriever$111
How this compares
$6,706 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 26 vascular & interventional radiology providers in District of Columbia.
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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 vascular & interventional radiology in Washington
- Saher SabriWashington$136K
- Emil CohenWashington$115K
- Theresa CaridiWashington$115K
- Shawn SarinWashington$35K
- Keith HortonWashington$35K
- Anthony VenbruxWashington$12K
- Faezeh RazjouyanWashington$12K
- Sarah KanthariaWashington$7K
- Vishal KadakiaWashington$6K
- Karun SharmaWashington$3K
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.