Daniel Scher
Otolaryngology · Wayne, NJNPI 1912946583
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,216 of the $3,599 with a category attached, or 89.4%. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 167 payments — averaging $21.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$669
- Aerin Medical Inc.$508
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$383
- GSK$364
- Optinose US, Inc.$289
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$277
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$38311%
- Food & beverage$3,21689%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 38 | $669 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 15 | $508 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $383 |
| GSK | 25 | $364 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 18 | $289 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 16 | $277 |
| Stryker | 5 | $192 |
| CSL Behring | 9 | $169 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 6 | $88 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Merck | 3 | $51 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $47 |
| Novartis | 2 | $34 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $26 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Glenmark Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Thermocool SF$383
How this compares
$3,599 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 232 otolaryngology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 271 | $3,618 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 24 | $2,552 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 229 | $2,174 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 56 | $2,117 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 48 | $1,418 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 23 | $1,092 |
| Famotidine | 55 | $845 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 21 | $762 |
| Mupirocin | 77 | $605 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 20 | $541 |
| Methylprednisolone | 81 | $493 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 51 | $491 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 34 | $392 |
| Ofloxacin | 11 | $203 |
| Prednisone | 79 | $191 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Wayne
- Ramtin KassirWayne$8K
- Vito BrunettiWayne$3K
- Matthew GliksmanWayne$3K
- Nishant ReddyEast Windsor$133K
- Giant LinFlorham Park$25K
- Samir ShahVoorhees$16K
- Brian BensonHackensack$14K
- Andrew BlitzerHackensack$9K
- Ahmad MahmoudClifton$9K
- Jean EloyNewark$8K
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.