Douglas Schell, APRN
Medical-Surgical · Kansas City, MONPI 1235134776
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.9%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. EMD Serono, Inc. accounts for 68.6% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,979 and has fallen 76.6% since, to $697 in 2025. Among medical-surgical clinicians in MO 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 36 payments — averaging $152.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- EMD Serono, Inc.$4K
- TG Therapeutics, Inc.$379
- Sanofi$354
- Biogen$294
- Johnson & Johnson$222
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$188
- plus $287 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,45045%
- Food & beverage$3,00855%
- Education$250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 17 | $3,759 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $379 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $354 |
| Biogen | 3 | $294 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $222 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $188 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $120 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $86 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $67 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$5,483 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 21 medical-surgical providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avonex Pen (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a | 58 | $522,629 |
| Kesimpta PenOfatumumab | 41 | $354,014 |
| RebifInterferon Beta-1a/Albumin | 31 | $333,009 |
| CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate | 49 | $331,827 |
| GilenyaFingolimod Hcl | 16 | $168,512 |
| TecfideraDimethyl Fumarate | 17 | $159,199 |
| MayzentSiponimod | 15 | $143,088 |
| FingolimodFingolimod Hcl | 49 | $120,131 |
| Teriflunomide | 99 | $78,291 |
| Glatiramer Acetate | 46 | $69,305 |
| GlatopaGlatiramer Acetate | 21 | $51,048 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 32 | $35,833 |
| Dalfampridine ErDalfampridine | 146 | $34,031 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 12 | $15,718 |
| Dimethyl Fumarate | 36 | $15,304 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EMD Serono, Inc.Rebif | $3,759 | $333,00931 claims |
| BiogenTecfidera | $294 | $159,19917 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 95th percentile of 21 medical-surgical providers in Missouri.
Other medical-surgical in Kansas City
- Deborah SummersKansas City$2K
- Vicki NowerKansas City$154
- Janice DennisKansas City$145
- Victoria FallsKansas City$10
- Andrew JamesColumbia$26K
- Lavonne BurrowsBranson$5K
- Jennifer GlazierIndependence$5K
- Christine KunzColumbia$539
- Suzanne OppermanColumbia$425
- Karen GregorySaint Louis$346
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.