Zara Schulman, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1730508318
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,334 of the $2,879 with a category attached, or 81.1%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 41.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,055 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $45 in 2023. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 75 payments — averaging $38.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- AbbVie$346
- Merz North America, Inc.$321
- Abbott$296
- UCB, Inc.$145
- Sanofi$112
- plus $457 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$51518%
- Food & beverage$2,33481%
- Education$301%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 14 | $1,201 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 30 | $346 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 5 | $321 |
| Abbott | 3 | $296 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $112 |
| Saol Therapeutics Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $58 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $58 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $37 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Banner Life Sciences, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$656
- XEOMIN$170
- Axium$141
- Axium Sheath Braided DRG$136
- Briviact$127
- AUBAGIO$112
- LIORESAL$109
How this compares
$2,879 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 196 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Minnesota.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 16 | $244 |
| Baclofen | 32 | $242 |
| Bupropion Hcl SrBupropion Hcl | 13 | $49 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $44 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Saint Paul
- Mark GormleySaint Paul$118K
- John FoxSaint Paul$5K
- Matthew SeversonSaint Paul$5K
- Michael JacksonSaint Paul$2K
- Bradley HelmsSaint Paul$629
- Eric KirkssonSaint Paul$310
- Diane ChappuisSaint Paul$297
- Kristine SpiewakSaint Paul$297
- Linda KrachSaint Paul$217
- Jill GettingsSaint Paul$195
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.