Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

BENJAMIN SCHERER
Is This Your Doctor?
Print out this record, along with questions and tips for talking with your physician about payments.
Have you used or plan to use this information? Tell us about it.

BENJAMIN SCHERER

Listed Specialty: Podiatrist
500 N GARFIELD AVE STE 108, MONTEREY PARK, CA, 91754-1242
Search this name in Dollars for Docs Archive →
Is this you? Do you believe the data contains errors? Click here for information →
Is This Your Doctor?
Print out this record, along with questions and tips for talking with your physician about payments.
Have you used or plan to use this information? Tell us about it.

DR. BENJAMIN SCHERER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

44

payments

$879

payment total

15

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Food and Beverage
 43 $873
Travel and Lodging
 1 $6

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
SANTYL

drug

 $261
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $133
ORBACTIV

drug

 $132
VABOMERE

drug

 $132
REGRANEX

drug

 $117
OASIS

device

 $103
BAXDELA

drug

 $83
MENOCIN

drug

 $83
ALCORTIN A

drug

 $69
KERYDIN

drug

 $49
MINOCIN

drug

 $49
BIOMET ORTHOPAK

device

 $47
QUINJA

drug

 $46
JUBLIA

drug

 $38
MEROGEL

device

 $38
AMNIOEXCEL

device

 $26
IDRT

device

 $26
OMNIGRAFT

device

 $26
PRIMATRIX

device

 $26
TCC-EZ

device

 $26
RAYOS

drug

 $26
ECOZA

drug

 $25
ORTHOLOC

device

 $19
ELIDEL

drug

 $19
DYNASPLINT

device

 $16
KRYSTEXXA

drug

 $15
EXOGEN

device

 $11
HEMICAP MTP RESURFACING

device

 $11
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Jun 22, 2018 $120 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $96 SANTYL REGRANEX OASIS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $47 BIOMET ORTHOPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $36 BAXDELA VABOMERE ORBACTIV MENOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $32 BAXDELA VABOMERE ORBACTIV MENOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $27 VABOMERE ORBACTIV MINOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
May 11, 2018 $26 AMNIOEXCEL TCC-EZ PRIMATRIX IDRT OMNIGRAFT Food and Beverage DERMA SCIENCES, INC.
May 18, 2018 $25 ECOZA Food and Beverage EXELTIS, USA INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $25 KERYDIN Food and Beverage SANDOZ INC.
Apr 14, 2018 $25 KERYDIN Food and Beverage SANDOZ INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $24 QUINJA ALCORTIN A Food and Beverage NOVUM PHARMA, LLC
Jan 24, 2018 $23 ALCORTIN A Food and Beverage NOVUM PHARMA, LLC
Sep 12, 2018 $23 ALCORTIN A QUINJA Food and Beverage NOVUM PHARMA, LLC
Mar 1, 2018 $22 VABOMERE ORBACTIV MINOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
May 21, 2018 $19 ORTHOLOC Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $19 JUBLIA ELIDEL MEROGEL Food and Beverage ORTHO DERMATOLOGICS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 5, 2018 $18 MEROGEL JUBLIA Food and Beverage ORTHO DERMATOLOGICS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Nov 13, 2018 $17 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $16 DYNASPLINT Food and Beverage DYNASPLINT SYSTEMS INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $15 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 30, 2018 $15 BAXDELA VABOMERE ORBACTIV MENOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $15 KRYSTEXXA Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Mar 21, 2018 $14 RAYOS Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Sep 10, 2018 $13 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 14, 2018 $13 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $13 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ACELL, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $12 RAYOS Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Oct 25, 2018 $11 EXOGEN Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Jan 26, 2018 $11 HEMICAP MTP RESURFACING Food and Beverage ARTHROSURFACE INCORPORATED
Apr 9, 2018 $9 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $8 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $8 SANTYL REGRANEX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $8 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $8 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $7 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $6 SANTYL REGRANEX OASIS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 2, 2018 $6 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $6 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $6 SANTYL REGRANEX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $6 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $5 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $5 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $4 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
See this doctor’s Open Payments page →

Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.