Amy Brussee
Physician Assistant · Chicago, ILNPI 1033340153
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 261 payments — averaging $23.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$2K
- Optinose US, Inc.$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$1K
- Alk-abello, Inc$855
- GSK$378
- AstraZeneca$107
- plus $567 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,142100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 72 | $1,797 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 66 | $1,298 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 39 | $1,141 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 40 | $855 |
| GSK | 19 | $378 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $107 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Vertex | 4 | $92 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $81 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$6,142 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| QnaslBeclomethasone Dipropionate | 12 | $3,588 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 21 | $560 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 12 | $174 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 14 | $139 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 12 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Chicago
- Andrew MastroChicago$419K
- Renata BlockChicago$103K
- Margaret RomanoChicago$82K
- Christina StarksChicago$77K
- Jessica KarlChicago$71K
- Kelly OconnorChicago$36K
- Christa CooperChicago$36K
- Audrey FenwickChicago$29K
- Amy LadewskiChicago$29K
- Lindsey KalhagenChicago$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.