Joseph Schafer
Chiropractor · Toms River, NJNPI 1124249289
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 28 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Radius Health, Inc. at 25.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $109 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $14 in 2025. Among chiropractor clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 28 payments — averaging $15.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Radius Health, Inc.$109
- Amgen$82
- AbbVie$58
- Johnson & Johnson$44
- Lilly USA, LLC$31
- Exact Sciences$27
- plus $73 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$424100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Radius Health, Inc. | 7 | $109 |
| Amgen | 6 | $82 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $58 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $44 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$424 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 337 chiropractor providers in New Jersey.
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.
Other chiropractor in Toms River
- Brian HartToms River$861
- Guy PistilliWoodbury$805K
- Alan EpsteinElizabeth$24K
- Drew NussbaumWest New York$2K
- Matthew LeffelHackensack$1K
- Brendon BeatriceRaritan$1K
- Peter FerraroSaddle Brook$1K
- Anthony DipastinaLawrenceville$998
- Sara TadrosVentnor City$920
- Martin ManzoManasquan$820
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.