Beth Buscher, MD
Dermatology · Newtown, CTNPI 1427053776
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.3% of the total across 537 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 36.1% of the total.
Across 537 payments — averaging $20.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$4K
- Novartis$842
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$834
- Johnson & Johnson$719
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$689
- LEO Pharma Inc.$587
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0009%
- Food & beverage$9,89290%
- Education$611%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 153 | $3,951 |
| Novartis | 60 | $842 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 47 | $834 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 29 | $719 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 43 | $689 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 38 | $587 |
| Pfizer | 25 | $433 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 28 | $430 |
| UCB, Inc. | 14 | $306 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $298 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $276 |
| Incyte Corporation | 9 | $178 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $155 |
| Almirall LLC | 8 | $144 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Amgen | 6 | $129 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $117 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $108 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 9 | $96 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 3 | $89 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $78 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $53 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Organon | 7 | $37 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $9 |
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
$10,953 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 26 | $183,663 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 333 | $2,856 |
| Metronidazole | 53 | $2,670 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 60 | $2,403 |
| Ketoconazole | 106 | $1,564 |
| Azelaic Acid | 12 | $1,392 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 23 | $1,168 |
| Fluorouracil | 16 | $1,106 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 41 | $937 |
| Nystatin | 65 | $928 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 52 | $913 |
| Minoxidil | 148 | $704 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 21 | $668 |
| Betamethasone Diprop AugmentedBetamethasone/Propylene Glyc | 24 | $606 |
| Fluocinonide | 12 | $555 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Newtown
- Jeffrey KnispelNewtown$32K
- Michael PayetteCromwell$3.2M
- Bruce StroberCromwell$2.9M
- Brett KingFairfield$2.5M
- Mona ShahriariCromwell$2.2M
- Jeremy MossMadison$2M
- Brittany CraiglowFairfield$1.9M
- Meagen McCuskerEnfield$1.8M
- Marcus McFerrenOrange$872K
- Christopher BunickNew Haven$661K
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.