Elizabeth McCusker-Hunt
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Amesbury, MANPI 1770597429
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.4% of the total across 331 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 24.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,756, 2.4 times the $746 reported in 2021. Among psychiatric/mental health 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 331 payments — averaging $18.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Alkermes, Inc.$947
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$554
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$546
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$443
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$410
- plus $2K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,91995%
- Education$2885%
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 | 88 | $1,494 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 48 | $947 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 29 | $554 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 23 | $546 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 19 | $443 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 15 | $410 |
| Corium, LLC | 20 | $393 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 30 | $345 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 15 | $333 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 16 | $287 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 11 | $212 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $103 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $82 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
How this compares
$6,207 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,284 psychiatric/mental health providers in Massachusetts.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 143 | $209,986 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 20 | $156,841 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 24 | $33,062 |
| Aripiprazole | 287 | $31,937 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 66 | $31,053 |
| EmsamSelegiline | 12 | $26,593 |
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 14 | $21,895 |
| Chlorpromazine Hcl | 79 | $20,226 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 554 | $18,795 |
| Clozapine | 174 | $12,443 |
| Paliperidone ErPaliperidone | 85 | $10,660 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 185 | $9,582 |
| Fluvoxamine Maleate | 170 | $8,106 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 548 | $7,541 |
| Clonazepam | 682 | $6,698 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieVraylar | $1,494 | $209,986143 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $410 | $156,84120 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $333 | $33,06224 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix, Vyvanse | $287 | $11,71227 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,284 psychiatric/mental health providers in Massachusetts.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Amesbury
- Brianne LienkampMarion$121K
- Ashley BakerQuincy$54K
- Brian BanksPembroke$47K
- Anne-Margaret BotelhoMattapoisett$46K
- Matthew PeculisWalpole$41K
- Sherrie UrenaWorcester$21K
- Irina DauphineeHanover$18K
- Schree PettigrewNew Bedford$18K
- Sherryl RosenLynn$16K
- Kevin NardoneWorcester$16K
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.