Branden Bruzzese
Gerontology · Nashville, TNNPI 1669144770
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 48 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $364 and has fallen 80.6% since, to $71 in 2025.
Across 48 payments — averaging $20.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$131
- Boehringer Ingelheim$111
- United Therapeutics Corporation$86
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$81
- Johnson & Johnson$77
- AstraZeneca$71
- plus $437 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$994100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 6 | $131 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $111 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 4 | $86 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 5 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $77 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 4 | $71 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $45 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $43 |
| Bayer | 2 | $29 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $28 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
How this compares
$994 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 194 gerontology 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.
Other gerontology in Nashville
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- Erica LudtkeNashville$6K
- Rachel ClaiborneNashville$4K
- Paige SellersNashville$3K
- Ashley BlyeNashville$3K
- Sarah SmithNashville$3K
- Elizabeth BacaNashville$3K
- Kaitlyn ChapinNashville$3K
- Lauren VerityNashville$3K
- Kimin HuangNashville$3K
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.