Amanda Sparks-Bushnell, MD
Psychiatry · Nashville, TNNPI 1780729996
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $40,620 of the $66,059 with a category attached, or 61.5%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 80.5% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $60,847, more than ten times the $445 reported in 2022. Among psychiatry clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 447 payments — averaging $147.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$53K
- Neuronetics, Inc.$6K
- Alkermes, Inc.$845
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$732
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$628
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$604
- plus $4K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4401%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,62061%
- Travel & lodging$9,39214%
- Food & beverage$9,15914%
- Education$650%
- Other$6,38210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 101 | $53,194 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $6,382 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 39 | $845 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 36 | $732 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 26 | $628 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 45 | $604 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 29 | $561 |
| AbbVie | 44 | $528 |
| Corium, LLC | 21 | $512 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $272 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 11 | $234 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 7 | $174 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $166 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 8 | $154 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 12 | $148 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 3 | $132 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Biogen | 3 | $113 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $108 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $91 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 5 | $89 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 4 | $70 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $67 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $17 |
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.
- SPRAVATO$51,650
- NEUROSTAR TMS THERAPY SYSTEM$6,382
- MOUNJARO$125
- Auvelity$101
How this compares
$66,059 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 503 psychiatry providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SpravatoEsketamine Hcl | 58 | $129,031 |
| AuvelityDextromethorphan Hbr/Bupropion | 16 | $22,699 |
| KlonopinClonazepam | 11 | $3,267 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 32 | $650 |
| Prazosin Hcl | 12 | $572 |
| Lorazepam | 46 | $538 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 18 | $512 |
| Mirtazapine | 22 | $505 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 12 | $501 |
| Clonazepam | 40 | $491 |
| Aripiprazole | 11 | $448 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 19 | $403 |
| Olanzapine | 17 | $379 |
| Ziprasidone Hcl | 13 | $360 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 23 | $279 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonSpravato | $53,194 | $129,03158 claims |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.Auvelity | $628 | $22,69916 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine | $125 | $37917 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 503 psychiatry providers in Tennessee.
Other psychiatry in Nashville
- Rakesh AminNashville$3M
- Robert JamiesonNashville$141K
- Michelle CochranNashville$74K
- Craig ClarkNashville$31K
- Joseph SharpeNashville$29K
- Colleen FriddellNashville$23K
- Jane WeinbergNashville$22K
- Esiri EsinNashville$18K
- Tianlai TangNashville$11K
- Marianne RaynesNashville$11K
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.