Howard Schertzinger, MD
Sports Medicine · Florence, KYNPI 1992797922
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $125,687 of the $147,233 with a category attached, or 85.4%. Amgen accounts for 99.4% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $64,276 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $23 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in KY 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 344 payments — averaging $428.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$146K
- Radius Health, Inc.$589
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$158
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$70
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$125,68785%
- Travel & lodging$15,39110%
- Food & beverage$6,0774%
- Education$790%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 319 | $146,416 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 23 | $589 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
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
$147,233 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 59 sports medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 49 | $136,234 |
| ForteoTeriparatide | 14 | $60,633 |
| Celecoxib | 328 | $11,407 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 1,219 | $11,219 |
| Nabumetone | 621 | $6,001 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 1,225 | $4,999 |
| Gabapentin | 275 | $2,251 |
| Etodolac | 57 | $1,753 |
| Methylprednisolone | 273 | $1,586 |
| Ultra-Fine Short Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 20 | $1,121 |
| Prednisone | 274 | $1,028 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 318 | $798 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 155 | $790 |
| Meloxicam | 139 | $706 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 98 | $691 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $589 | $136,23449 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 59 sports medicine providers in Kentucky.
Other sports medicine in Florence
- Angel Velazquez-SantiagoFlorence$131
- Michael MillerFlorence$21
- Ryan KruppLouisville$803K
- Chaitanya MalempatiBowling Green$132K
- Scott MairLexington$59K
- Austin StoneLexington$15K
- Abigail DebuskBowling Green$15K
- Kyle ParishPaducah$10K
- Benjamin WilsonLexington$9K
- Nicholas Kenneyla Grange$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.