Jeffrey Berger, MD
General Surgery · Virginia Beach, VANPI 1235178955
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 67 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 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $456, more than ten times the $24 reported in 2020.
Across 67 payments — averaging $21.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$167
- Polynovo North America LLC$118
- GSK$106
- Johnson & Johnson$97
- Exact Sciences$95
- Bayer$83
- plus $772 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,439100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $167 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $118 |
| GSK | 5 | $106 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $97 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $95 |
| Bayer | 4 | $83 |
| Lifenet Health | 4 | $81 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $61 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $54 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $52 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $42 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Merck | 1 | $33 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $21 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $18 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Novosorb BTM$118
How this compares
$1,439 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 40 general surgery providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 74 | $286 |
| Cephalexin | 28 | $193 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general surgery in Virginia Beach
- Basil SkenderisVirginia Beach$12K
- Beryl BrownVirginia Beach$3K
- Matthew BrengmanRichmond$156K
- Claire CarmanNorfolk$13K
- Gregory SchroderRichmond$12K
- Anthony TerracinaNewport News$2K
- George HubbardNorfolk$709
- Scott OneilMartinsville$515
- James MehaffeyCharlottesville$436
- Luciano D'amatoBig Stone Gap$47
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.