Alexander Shushan, MD
Hand Surgery · Annapolis, MDNPI 1336315803
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $1,250 of the $1,542 with a category attached, or 81.1%. Arthrex accounts for 81.1% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,297 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $48 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $1,728.
Across 13 payments — averaging $118.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$106
- Radius Health, Inc.$73
- Amgen$38
- Endo USA, Inc.$25
- Bioventus LLC$22
- plus $28 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,25081%
- Food & beverage$29219%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 1 | $1,250 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 3 | $106 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Amgen | 2 | $38 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 54 hand surgery providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 90 | $302 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Annapolis
- Thomas DennisAnnapolis$3K
- Jeffrey GelfandAnnapolis$2K
- Christopher JonesAnnapolis$2K
- Garth SmithAnnapolis$235
- Khurram PervaizCatonsville$26K
- Sunjay BerdiaRockville$24K
- Duc NguyenBaltimore$18K
- Karly LorbeerSilver Spring$13K
- Christopher ForthmanLutherville$12K
- Harrison SolomonChevy Chase$10K
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.