Lauren Shaffer
Medical · South Charleston, WVNPI 1932747896
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.3% of the total across 297 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 20.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,031, 5.1 times the $399 reported in 2021. Among medical clinicians in WV 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 297 payments — averaging $19.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- AbbVie$865
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$774
- Novartis$471
- Lilly USA, LLC$441
- GSK$331
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,60796%
- Education$2154%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 64 | $1,162 |
| AbbVie | 49 | $865 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 34 | $774 |
| Novartis | 21 | $471 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $441 |
| GSK | 22 | $331 |
| UCB, Inc. | 18 | $311 |
| Incyte Corporation | 9 | $217 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $189 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $170 |
| Amgen | 5 | $106 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $82 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $69 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $64 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $60 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 3 | $49 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $46 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $27 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$5,822 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 233 medical providers in West 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 12 | $162,820 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 258 | $4,498 |
| Fluorouracil | 60 | $3,419 |
| Metronidazole | 61 | $3,404 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 84 | $2,850 |
| Ketoconazole | 157 | $2,623 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 80 | $1,808 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 132 | $1,545 |
| Hydrocortisone | 107 | $392 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 14 | $363 |
| Mupirocin | 50 | $291 |
| Nystatin | 11 | $236 |
| Cephalexin | 73 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical in South Charleston
- Katherine BoggsSouth Charleston$46K
- Katie CarpenterSouth Charleston$26K
- Kellie HanselSouth Charleston$12K
- Holli CaragSouth Charleston$7K
- Timothy DouglasSouth Charleston$6K
- Jacqueline McCartySouth Charleston$5K
- Anthony KnellSouth Charleston$4K
- Kelsey MathisSouth Charleston$3K
- Shelley GaumSouth Charleston$2K
- Lowell LarewMorgantown$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.