Richard Scharf, DO
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Roselle Park, NJNPI 1861439481
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.8%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Optinose US, Inc. at 50.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $875 and has fallen 75.0% since, to $219 in 2025.
Across 43 payments — averaging $44.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Optinose US, Inc.$952
- Aerin Medical Inc.$356
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$212
- Merz North America, Inc.$133
- Stryker$101
- Novartis$22
- plus $118 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$80042%
- Food & beverage$1,03855%
- Education$563%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Optinose US, Inc. | 13 | $952 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 4 | $356 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $212 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 3 | $133 |
| Stryker | 3 | $101 |
| Novartis | 2 | $22 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $21 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $14 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- Xhance$800
- VIVAER STYLUS$294
- RHINAER STYLUS$294
How this compares
Too few plastic surgery within the head & neck providers in New Jerseyto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 226 | $4,924 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 82 | $4,746 |
| Azelastine-FluticasoneAzelastine/Fluticasone | 35 | $3,831 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 25 | $2,764 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 23 | $2,202 |
| Famotidine | 127 | $2,105 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 128 | $2,012 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 47 | $1,014 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 56 | $937 |
| Ofloxacin | 28 | $774 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 36 | $609 |
| Methylprednisolone | 66 | $478 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 33 | $432 |
| Cefdinir | 27 | $397 |
| Omeprazole | 18 | $322 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Roselle Park
- Louis ConteRoselle Park$2K
- Mark GranickNewark$238K
- Tom ThomasMorristown$10K
- Matin ImanguliEdison$9K
- Erik CohenMorristown$7K
- Arie RosenHackensack$6K
- Kevin EndeEnglewood$6K
- Andrew MillerEdison$5K
- Apostolos RossosTrenton$4K
- Carl MazzaraIselin$3K
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.