Kathy Busick, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Duluth, MNNPI 1093190159
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 32 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 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $143 and has fallen 86.9% since, to $19 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in MN 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 32 payments — averaging $14.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$81
- Corium, LLC$52
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$44
- AbbVie$43
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$32
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$31
- plus $172 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$455100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $81 |
| Corium, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $43 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$455 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,021 nurse practitioner providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 11 | $89,134 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 27 | $41,572 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 19 | $27,619 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 24 | $15,019 |
| Vilazodone Hcl | 47 | $4,776 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 30 | $3,404 |
| Paliperidone ErPaliperidone | 27 | $2,469 |
| Prazosin Hcl | 35 | $1,740 |
| Haloperidol | 48 | $1,709 |
| Gabapentin | 86 | $1,701 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 48 | $1,514 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 56 | $1,312 |
| Aripiprazole | 30 | $1,165 |
| Guanfacine Hcl | 17 | $874 |
| Lithium Carbonate ErLithium Carbonate | 25 | $634 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo Xr | $31 | $89,13411 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar | $43 | $27,61919 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 90th percentile of 3,021 nurse practitioner providers in Minnesota.
Other nurse practitioner in Duluth
- Brenda LundeenDuluth$4K
- Mark WiitaDuluth$3K
- Jill ToliverWoodbury$116K
- Rebecca SuessBurnsville$110K
- Kelly YoungBurnsville$105K
- Kimberly ThompsonRochester$62K
- Janet WilkinsonMora$57K
- Virginia ClementsonEden Prairie$42K
- Erin PetersonSt Louis Park$37K
- Karen TrutnauEdina$32K
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.