Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

DALE M SCHAEFER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1609951631
CMS profile
494661
Location
GREAT FALLS, MT

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$533.38

  • Reported across 34 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$209.67

11 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $209.67 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $181.73 10
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $27.94 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $13.90 1
PY2019 $133.19 11
PY2020 $125.74 9
PY2022 $28.55 1
PY2023 $22.33 1
PY2024 $209.67 11

Payment records · PY2024 (11)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20182019202020222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $37.67 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814542 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $15.62 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814794 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $6.82 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814574 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $26.76 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814739 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $15.67 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814618 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $9.31 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814767 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $27.80 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814790 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $13.55 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814602 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $18.63 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814726 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $9.90 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078814654 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $27.94 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087333665 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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