James Busch, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1285654210
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. accounts for 99.2% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in TN 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 68 payments — averaging $1040.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$70K
- Welch Allyn$162
- Baxter Healthcare$81
- Medtronic$79
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$75
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$40
- plus $148 from 7 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $15,892 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$111K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$38,44954%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,89721%
- Travel & lodging$14,05920%
- Food & beverage$3,1244%
- Other$2430%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 47 | $70,187 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $162 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $81 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $79 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $29 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $19 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- syngo Virtual Cockpit$3,325
- MAGNETOM Verio A Tim and Dot System$542
- S2000 HELX with Touch Control$276
- syngo Carbon Space$189
- syngo.via$179
- NONE$162
- SOMATOM GO$132
- Biograph mCT$122
- Mammomat Revelation$102
How this compares
$70,772 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 757 diagnostic radiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cefdinir | 34 | $236 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 35 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other diagnostic radiology in Chattanooga
- Joseph BuschChattanooga$13K
- Michael NicholsChattanooga$6K
- Mohammed QuraishiChattanooga$4K
- Michael DohertyJackson$600K
- Thomas HodgkissMemphis$170K
- Gregory MinwellKnoxville$105K
- Daniel BrownNashville$81K
- Daniel HossKnoxville$70K
- David PeelerMemphis$68K
- Jeffrey MahonyKnoxville$58K
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.