Stefan Schneider, MD
Infectious Disease · Long Beach, CANPI 1104849108
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $152,185 of the $218,845 with a category attached, or 69.5%. Viiv Healthcare Company accounts for 88.9% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $67,086 and has fallen 95.8% since, to $2,789 in 2025. Among infectious disease clinicians in CA 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 450 payments — averaging $486.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$195K
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$14K
- AbbVie$6K
- Insmed, Inc.$1K
- Merck$697
- Johnson & Johnson$543
- plus $2K from 11 others
Across 88 payments — averaging $4809.50 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AbbVie$217K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$148K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$58K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$44,41820%
- Speaking & faculty fees$152,18570%
- Travel & lodging$13,3356%
- Food & beverage$8,2504%
- Education$6570%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 214 | $194,575 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 35 | $13,727 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 37 | $6,064 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 8 | $1,296 |
| Merck | 38 | $697 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 39 | $543 |
| Shionogi Inc | 24 | $489 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $438 |
| Gilead | 17 | $405 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 2 | $120 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 5 | $117 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 7 | $116 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 5 | $72 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 3 | $65 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $21 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $20 |
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
$218,845 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 856 infectious disease providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CabenuvaCabotegravir/Rilpivirine | 41 | $285,516 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 35 | $162,358 |
| DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine | 39 | $141,686 |
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 25 | $98,414 |
| SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf | 20 | $89,285 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 16 | $69,965 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 18 | $46,284 |
| OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala | 12 | $41,216 |
| JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine | 12 | $40,125 |
| DelstrigoDoravirine/Lamivu/Tenofov Diso | 12 | $30,485 |
| Isentress HdRaltegravir Potassium | 14 | $25,031 |
| Abacavir-LamivudineAbacavir Sulfate/Lamivudine | 13 | $8,463 |
| Emtricitabine-Tenofovir DisopEmtricitabine/Tenofovir (Tdf) | 19 | $684 |
| Ampicillin-SulbactamAmpicillin Sod/Sulbactam Sod | 12 | $421 |
| Benazepril-HydrochlorothiazideBenazepril/Hydrochlorothiazide | 13 | $114 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyCabenuva, Triumeq, Dovato, Tivicay, Juluca | $194,575 | $699,651143 claims |
| GileadBiktarvy, Descovy | $405 | $144,69943 claims |
| Janssen Products, LPSymtuza | $120 | $89,28520 claims |
| MerckDelstrigo, Isentress Hd | $697 | $55,51626 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 856 infectious disease providers in California.
Other infectious disease in Long Beach
- Claire PomeroySacramento$2.6M
- Javeed SiddiquiRoseville$1.5M
- George SakoulasSan Diego$902K
- Arthur JengSylmar$766K
- James McKinnellTorrance$762K
- Jay GladsteinLos Angeles$657K
- Tulika SinghOrange$654K
- Otto YangLos Angeles$472K
- Franco FelizartaBakersfield$440K
- Shawn HasslerSan Francisco$433K
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.