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

BRIAN C SCHAFER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1821099037
CMS profile
218179
Location
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$47,868.17

  • Reported across 106 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,846.03

17 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
Travel and Lodging $2,161.01 8
Food and Beverage $685.02 9

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
MEDACTA USA, INC. $1,440.90 9
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,238.35 6
HERAEUS MEDICAL, LLC. $166.78 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $33,288.81 66
PY2019 $10,123.91 12
PY2022 $1,478.27 10
PY2023 $131.15 1
PY2024 $2,846.03 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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

Program year 2024 2018201920222023 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
HERAEUS MEDICAL, LLC. $118.82 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1075918183 CMS
HERAEUS MEDICAL, LLC. $47.96 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1075918402 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $489.96 09/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143695767 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $70.49 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143688252 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $78.00 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143689426 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $146.76 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143689982 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $209.00 10/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143695763 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $56.00 10/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143695925 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $237.22 10/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143696225 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $49.47 10/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143688752 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $104.00 10/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143689718 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $35.00 05/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154995639 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $982.49 05/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154995641 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $25.00 05/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154995643 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $126.34 05/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154995645 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $42.64 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154995655 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $26.88 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154995657 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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