Augustus Rush
Psychiatry · Dallas, TXNPI 1720040991
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $549,648 of the $759,556 with a category attached, or 72.4%. Livanova USA, Inc. accounts for 80.0% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $214,235, 2.1 times the $101,556 reported in 2019. Among psychiatry clinicians in TX 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 508 payments — averaging $1495.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$607K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$57K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$36K
- Johnson & Johnson$21K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$15K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$14K
- plus $9K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$203,08027%
- Speaking & faculty fees$549,64872%
- Travel & lodging$4,9181%
- Food & beverage$1,9100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 423 | $607,365 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 31 | $57,264 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 5 | $36,300 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $21,007 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $15,015 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 7 | $13,625 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $8,700 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $258 |
| CPM Medical Consultants, LLC | 2 | $22 |
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.
- VNS Therapy Symmetry Model 8103 Generator$497,299
- VNS Therapy$76,580
- SPRAVATO$38,974
- VNS - Symmetry$25,860
- ABILIFY MYCITE$13,191
- Vital$8,700
- VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR$7,320
- XLIF$171
How this compares
$759,556 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,238 psychiatry providers in Texas.
Other psychiatry in Dallas
- Joel HolinerDallas$948K
- Darin OkudaDallas$402K
- Stephen VobachDallas$278K
- Carolyn RekerdresDallas$259K
- Madhukar TrivediDallas$209K
- Ella DalyDallas$67K
- Rakesh JainLake Jackson$7.2M
- Arvinder Pal WaliaAustin$2.5M
- Suresh SureddiPlano$2.2M
- Martin GuerreroEl Paso$2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.