Shannath Merbs, MD
Ophthalmology · Charlottesville, VANPI 1750330502
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 37 payments — averaging $134.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$3K
- Kls-martin L.p.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$751
- Amgen$239
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$224
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$102
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2505%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,25045%
- Food & beverage$2,48350%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 4 | $2,639 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 10 | $1,029 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $751 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $239 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $224 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
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.
- TRUMATCH$549
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$150
- MATRIXMIDFACE$150
- NA$135
- XCM Biologic Tissue Matrix$125
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$125
- XDEMVY$102
How this compares
$4,983 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 509 ophthalmology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 35 | $1,622 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 63 | $543 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 33 | $376 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Charlottesville
- Marc OdrichCharlottesville$497K
- Paul YatesCharlottesville$295K
- Peter NetlandCharlottesville$202K
- Jayakrishna AmbatiCharlottesville$116K
- Irfan KhanCharlottesville$108K
- Albert JunCharlottesville$49K
- James GigantelliCharlottesville$10K
- Arthi VenkatCharlottesville$9K
- James PaauwLynchburg$7M
- Golnaz JaveyLynchburg$6.7M
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.