Hal Scherz, MD
Pediatric Urology · Atlanta, GANPI 1699879155
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Palette Life Sciences, Inc. accounts for 94.7% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $36,701 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $1,240 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $658.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Palette Life Sciences, Inc.$48K
- Teleflex LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$867
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$115
- Medtronic$111
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$81
- plus $477 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,07551%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,77641%
- Travel & lodging$1170%
- Food & beverage$3,5507%
- Education$50%
- Gifts$1510%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 25 | $47,978 |
| Teleflex LLC | 10 | $1,045 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $867 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $111 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 2 | $81 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Bracco Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $42 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $32 |
| Vertex | 1 | $30 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $24 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $14 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $5 |
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.
- Deflux$46,783
- DEFLUX METAL NEEDLE$662
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$175
- REZUM$150
- LithoVue$122
- ORGOVYX$115
How this compares
Too few pediatric urology providers in Georgiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 pediatric urology in Atlanta
- Andrew KirschAtlanta$320K
- Emily BlumAtlanta$19K
- Michael Garcia-RoigAtlanta$5K
- Shuvro deAtlanta$4K
- James ElmoreAtlanta$2K
- Edwin SmithAtlanta$1K
- Ricardo Arceo OlaizAtlanta$951
- Wolfgang CerwinkaAtlanta$315
- James PikeAugusta$7K
- Amanda RainesAugusta$2K
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.