Derace Schaffer
Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, NYNPI 1750623328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,894,729 of the $2,135,526 with a category attached, or 88.7%. Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,249,079, more than ten times the $67,042 reported in 2019. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 103 payments — averaging $20,733 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.$2.1M
- Catalyst Orthoscience$528
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$207
- Genentech, Inc.$48
Across 9 payments — averaging $705,140 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Catalyst Orthoscience$6.3M
- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,894,72989%
- Speaking & faculty fees$218,73710%
- Travel & lodging$17,3481%
- Food & beverage$2,0750%
- Education$2,6380%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 99 | $2,134,744 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $528 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $207 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
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.
- Catalyst Total CSR$528
- PYLARIFY$149
How this compares
$2,135,526 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,530 diagnostic radiology providers in New York.
Other diagnostic radiology in Rochester
- Stamatia DestounisRochester$102K
- Farhad FarzaneganRochester$92K
- Thomas SosNew York$3.5M
- Lawrence TanenbaumNew York$1.5M
- Alan BrookBronx$930K
- Jason DunleavyWilliamsville$560K
- Gregory SicaNew York$496K
- Kevin BakerStony Brook$447K
- Marc BrownNew York$435K
- Joseph YacovoneMiddletown$420K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.