Elana Scharff
Nurse Practitioner · Gresham, ORNPI 1053813741
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,692 of the $5,626 with a category attached, or 83.4%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 44.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,469 and has fallen 69.3% since, to $758 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in OR 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 143 payments — averaging $39.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$2K
- AstraZeneca$582
- Novartis$519
- AbbVie$472
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$351
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$332
- plus $886 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$75413%
- Food & beverage$4,69283%
- Education$1803%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 35 | $2,485 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $582 |
| Novartis | 26 | $519 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 17 | $472 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $351 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 14 | $332 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 9 | $314 |
| Abbott | 2 | $201 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $89 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Amgen | 2 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$5,626 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 997 nurse practitioner providers in Oregon.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 44 | $91 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Gresham
- Alexandra SigmonGresham$2K
- Alicia DuyvejonckSpringfield$299K
- Summer HarnessLake Oswego$113K
- Alana WilsonPortland$58K
- Jennifer MurdochPortland$15K
- Berhane MebratuPortland$10K
- Desiree CihelkaSpringfield$8K
- Amy CarterPortland$8K
- Margaret McLainCoos Bay$8K
- Mallory CrownoverSpringfield$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.