Karen Sussman
Family · Cookeville, TNNPI 1275504631
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 60 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 34.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $490 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $36 in 2024.
Across 60 payments — averaging $16.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$338
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$119
- Lilly USA, LLC$53
- Abbott$51
- Pfizer$42
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$39
- plus $352 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$994100%
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 | 19 | $338 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 6 | $119 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $53 |
| Abbott | 3 | $51 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $42 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $36 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $31 |
| Novartis | 2 | $31 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $14 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$994 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 6,706 family providers in Tennessee.
Other family in Cookeville
- Stacy BrownMt Juliet$719K
- Dana WebberKnoxville$499K
- Brandy BiedermanHixson$448K
- Cynthia MillerMurfreesboro$384K
- Tamera ThoenerNashville$254K
- April SwonerHermitage$246K
- Jennifer WilliamsNashville$213K
- Chantil JeffreysGermantown$195K
- Laura PorchCordova$148K
- Lori LankfordNashville$148K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.