Irina Bukshteyn
Family · Alpharetta, GANPI 1376972539
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 137 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 43.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $714, 3.0 times the $238 reported in 2021.
Across 137 payments — averaging $17.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Novo Nordisk$488
- Noven Therapeutics, LLC$364
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$149
- Lilly USA, LLC$102
- Amgen$42
- plus $200 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,393100%
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 | 50 | $1,047 |
| Novo Nordisk | 31 | $488 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 28 | $364 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $149 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $102 |
| Amgen | 3 | $42 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Abbott | 2 | $39 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,393 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 6,258 family providers in Georgia.
Other family in Alpharetta
- Allie McAllisterMarietta$299K
- Erin HenryLawrenceville$135K
- Trisha RomanPeachtree City$134K
- Lori ReedMarietta$106K
- Julia BranchCumming$102K
- Hannah BanachWaycross$85K
- Morgan GroothandEvans$81K
- Anna Carolina WrightLilburn$69K
- Jessica FeehanCanton$51K
- Julia ThorneCanton$39K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.