Howard Suls
Family Medicine · Bedford, NHNPI 1336144682
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.0% of the total across 197 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,785 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $116 in 2021. Among family medicine clinicians in NH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 197 payments — averaging $15.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$386
- Johnson & Johnson$341
- AstraZeneca$280
- Amgen$195
- Pfizer$195
- AbbVie$179
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,88997%
- Education$893%
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 | 36 | $386 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $341 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $280 |
| Amgen | 11 | $195 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $195 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $179 |
| Merck | 12 | $167 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $164 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $155 |
| GSK | 10 | $152 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $141 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $129 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $119 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $116 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$2,978 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 397 family medicine providers in New Hampshire.
Other family medicine in Bedford
- Ajay KoshyBedford$6K
- Mark BallentynePortsmouth$135K
- M LauterPortsmouth$21K
- Brian SponsellerNorth Conway$15K
- Cecilia Vicuna KeadyCharlestown$13K
- Keenan Al-HojerryPortsmouth$11K
- Peter LoeserConcord$10K
- Robyn StewartDerry$8K
- Robert KellyExeter$8K
- Dennis BadmanSanbornville$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.