John Scherschel
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Springfield, ILNPI 1508811647
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 91.0% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,896 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $126 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $24,482.
Across 108 payments — averaging $202.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$20K
- Pfizer$870
- AstraZeneca$174
- Johnson & Johnson$166
- Boston Scientific$142
- Atricure, Inc.$93
- plus $522 from 12 others
Across 48 payments — averaging $3332.78 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$110K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$50K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,95046%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,40025%
- Travel & lodging$3,72117%
- Food & beverage$1,8879%
- Education$8404%
- Gifts$420%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 43 | $19,873 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $870 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $174 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $166 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $142 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Amgen | 6 | $93 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $68 |
| Novartis | 4 | $62 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $60 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $45 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $42 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $40 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, 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.
- CareLink$120
How this compares
$21,841 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 158 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Illinois.
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Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Springfield
- Ziad IssaSpringfield$202K
- Abdur Rahman AhmadSpringfield$46K
- Cody WilliamsSpringfield$36K
- Mansour RazminiaPalos Heights$927K
- Mark MetzlEvanston$799K
- Roderick TungChicago$795K
- Bradley KnightChicago$661K
- Gaurav UpadhyayChicago$593K
- Henry HuangGeneva$501K
- Kousik KrishnanNaperville$311K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.