Jeffrey Berger, MD
Psychiatry · Mount Vernon, WANPI 1588601355
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 367 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,952, 6.1 times the $321 reported in 2019. Among psychiatry clinicians in WA 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 367 payments — averaging $21.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$1K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$724
- Lundbeck LLC$561
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$505
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,92199%
- Education$771%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 89 | $1,746 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 56 | $1,291 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 61 | $1,127 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 34 | $724 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 23 | $561 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 18 | $505 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $401 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 13 | $337 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $310 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 8 | $176 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $172 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $153 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $148 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $87 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $47 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$7,998 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 576 psychiatry providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 29 | $409,469 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 26 | $47,283 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 23 | $38,847 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 18 | $30,629 |
| SaphrisAsenapine Maleate | 13 | $17,800 |
| Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 19 | $8,174 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 26 | $7,903 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 114 | $3,865 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 81 | $2,598 |
| Clomipramine Hcl | 11 | $2,461 |
| Dextroamphetamine Sulfate ErDextroamphetamine Sulfate | 15 | $2,033 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 103 | $1,982 |
| Aripiprazole | 54 | $1,717 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 22 | $1,707 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 73 | $1,534 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $1,291 | $409,46929 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Saphris | $1,746 | $65,08339 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $153 | $38,84723 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $724 | $30,62918 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 576 psychiatry providers in Washington.
Other psychiatry in Mount Vernon
- Rozina LakhaniMount Vernon$3K
- Dennis GaitherMount Vernon$2K
- Jeffrey HansenVancouver$2.8M
- Chester RobachinskiSeattle$1.1M
- Larry BornsteinEverett$663K
- Matthew BogoyasYakima$500K
- Pablo ProanoSeattle$112K
- David DunnerMercer Island$79K
- Jesse McClellandSeattle$39K
- Douglas WornellFox Island$31K
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.