Andrew Budson
Neurology · Boston, MANPI 1326006453
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Lilly USA, LLC accounts for 87.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $111,384, more than ten times the $4,782 reported in 2019. Among neurology clinicians in MA 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 301 payments — averaging $1010.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$267K
- AbbVie$14K
- Eli Lilly$11K
- Biogen$5K
- Genentech, Inc.$4K
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$4K
- plus $17 from 1 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $41,614 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$80K
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$81,07827%
- Speaking & faculty fees$174,96958%
- Travel & lodging$44,19615%
- Food & beverage$3,9401%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 277 | $266,689 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $14,217 |
| Eli Lilly | 5 | $10,854 |
| Biogen | 5 | $4,765 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $4,140 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $3,500 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 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.
- KISUNLA$148,879
How this compares
$304,183 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 761 neurology providers in Massachusetts.
Other neurology in Boston
- Christopher WrightBoston$2.5M
- Thomas ScammellBoston$617K
- Alfred SandrockBoston$490K
- Pushpa NarayanaswamiBoston$420K
- Roy FreemanBoston$390K
- Michael LevyBoston$387K
- Leeann BurtonBoston$325K
- Ilena GeorgeBoston$316K
- Denis BalabanBoston$297K
- Sheena ChewBoston$262K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.