Matthew Laffer, DO
Dermatology · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1851736763
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $111,650 of the $151,525 with a category attached, or 73.7%. AbbVie accounts for 69.7% of it on its own, with 36 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $40,988 and has fallen 69.8% since, to $12,375 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 1,097 payments — averaging $138.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$106K
- Amgen$26K
- LNHC, Inc$2K
- Incyte Corporation$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$2K
- Barco, Inc.$2K
- plus $12K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,2503%
- Speaking & faculty fees$111,65074%
- Travel & lodging$12,9959%
- Food & beverage$21,24314%
- Education$3880%
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 | 330 | $105,565 |
| Amgen | 63 | $25,510 |
| LNHC, Inc | 6 | $2,412 |
| Incyte Corporation | 42 | $2,330 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 27 | $2,314 |
| Barco, Inc. | 1 | $1,800 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 69 | $1,351 |
| Novartis | 64 | $1,237 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 52 | $1,104 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 67 | $1,082 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 36 | $1,025 |
| UCB, Inc. | 36 | $811 |
| Sanofi | 35 | $685 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 53 | $632 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 35 | $629 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 30 | $568 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 31 | $510 |
| Pfizer | 31 | $494 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 23 | $326 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $160 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 6 | $130 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 10 | $129 |
| Organon | 12 | $104 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 9 | $96 |
| Almirall LLC | 5 | $90 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 2 | $44 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $21 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Oxford Immunotec USA Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$151,525 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 305 dermatology providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 52 | $213,740 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 291 | $11,513 |
| Fluorouracil | 101 | $7,291 |
| Tacrolimus | 22 | $3,077 |
| Acitretin | 12 | $2,522 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 211 | $2,281 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 52 | $2,266 |
| Ketoconazole | 157 | $2,219 |
| Metronidazole | 42 | $2,065 |
| Calcipotriene | 11 | $1,810 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 47 | $1,519 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 70 | $1,500 |
| Tretinoin | 25 | $1,426 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 19 | $808 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 20 | $790 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Scottsdale
- Anthony NuaraScottsdale$432K
- Aaron MangoldScottsdale$171K
- Jacqueline WatchmakerScottsdale$123K
- Kristine RomineScottsdale$45K
- Aleksandar SekulicScottsdale$28K
- Richard AveritteScottsdale$19K
- Michael LehrerScottsdale$15K
- Shelly FriedmanScottsdale$14K
- Hannah HillScottsdale$13K
- Lindsay AckermanPhoenix$1.6M
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.