John Schafer
Neurology · Carmichael, CANPI 1902985393
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 137 payments — averaging $980.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biogen$47K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$41K
- Sanofi$17K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$16K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$7K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$4K
- plus $3K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,40028%
- Speaking & faculty fees$50,86754%
- Travel & lodging$8,5799%
- Food & beverage$3,6794%
- Education$1170%
- Charitable contribution$4,0504%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biogen | 50 | $46,736 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 4 | $40,588 |
| Sanofi | 23 | $16,830 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 19 | $15,515 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 23 | $7,378 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $4,050 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $2,872 |
| Novartis | 5 | $253 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $44 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $11 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $2 |
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
$134,280 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Carmichael
- Timothy CloughesyLos Angeles$33.1M
- Jack FlorinFullerton$13M
- David KudrowSanta Monica$12.8M
- John Ravitsla Jolla$8.4M
- Perminder BhatiaFresno$8.3M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$8.2M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$8.2M
- Bruce CreeSan Francisco$8M
- Lawrence RechtPalo Alto$6.6M
- Stanley PrusinerSan Francisco$6.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.