Lynnett Schindler, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Lynchburg, VANPI 1386613560
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.3% of the total across 111 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 21.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $710 and has fallen 64.9% since, to $249 in 2025.
Across 111 payments — averaging $22.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$528
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$272
- Bayer$188
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$152
- Vivus LLC$120
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$115
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,38395%
- Education$1185%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 35 | $528 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 11 | $272 |
| Bayer | 12 | $188 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $152 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $115 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Amgen | 8 | $107 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Coloplast | 4 | $84 |
| Alydia Health | 1 | $82 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 5 | $71 |
| Biogen | 3 | $64 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $55 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $31 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Merck | 2 | $27 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Organon | 1 | $13 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$2,501 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 992 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 30 | $1,432 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 14 | $472 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 12 | $175 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 18 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Lynchburg
- Thomas KimbleNorfolk$286K
- Jack AyoubLeesburg$279K
- Kurian ThottStafford$216K
- Nina SmithHarrisonburg$199K
- Joseph TroiseSalem$144K
- Bunan AlnaifChesapeake$139K
- James JonesRichmond$134K
- Melissa DelgadoVienna$95K
- Joann PinkertonCharlottesville$35K
- Kristin SchraaMechanicsville$35K
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.