George Rushing, MD
Internal Medicine · Memphis, TNNPI 1831159185
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 189 payments — averaging $15.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$738
- AbbVie$404
- Abbott$250
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$234
- Amgen$153
- Pfizer$151
- plus $1K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,983100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 47 | $738 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 33 | $404 |
| Abbott | 12 | $250 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 12 | $234 |
| Amgen | 10 | $153 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $151 |
| Eisai Inc. | 6 | $113 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Merck | 6 | $76 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $68 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $65 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $53 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $53 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $48 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $25 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $21 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $18 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,983 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 101 | $101,587 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 60 | $62,554 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 55 | $46,240 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 28 | $29,462 |
| EliquisApixaban | 29 | $29,129 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 36 | $24,025 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 12 | $17,499 |
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 32 | $14,101 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $13,995 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 18 | $10,884 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 12 | $9,791 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 23 | $9,449 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 12 | $7,836 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 19 | $6,208 |
| LantusInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 29 | $5,795 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $738 | $101,587101 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $76 | $73,43878 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $25 | $46,24055 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin, Prempro | $151 | $46,02073 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $12 | $29,46228 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $53 | $24,02536 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $65 | $20,20331 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta | $47 | $17,28435 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $404 | $5,42470 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo | $39 | $4,54614 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 80th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other internal medicine in Memphis
- Phillip NorthcrossMemphis$39K
- Lawrence WhitlockMemphis$36K
- Angela WatsonMemphis$32K
- William CushmanMemphis$24K
- Mark McKenzieChattanooga$11.9M
- Bernard GrunstraBristol$6.4M
- Jewel WhiteKingsport$5.7M
- Judith WhiteKingsport$5.6M
- Obadias MarquezOoltewah$2.8M
- Amanda Moore MillerKnoxville$2.3M
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.