Luann Russo, CNM
Advanced Practice Midwife · Fairfield, CTNPI 1871614826
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 192 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among advanced practice midwife clinicians in CT 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 192 payments — averaging $21.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$770
- AbbVie$714
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$626
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$435
- Exact Sciences$331
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$236
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,138100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 18 | $770 |
| AbbVie | 39 | $714 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 33 | $626 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 17 | $435 |
| Exact Sciences | 13 | $331 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 19 | $236 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 7 | $133 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 8 | $132 |
| Millicent US Inc | 5 | $92 |
| Organon | 5 | $92 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 4 | $77 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Merck | 3 | $58 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $54 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Bayer | 2 | $34 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$4,138 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 129 advanced practice midwife providers in Connecticut.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 21 | $1,086 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 13 | $540 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 25 | $527 |
| Fluconazole | 26 | $144 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other advanced practice midwife in Fairfield
- Meghan ConstantinoNew Haven$18K
- Cathie MillerShelton$4K
- Carrie Ann CostaWaterbury$2K
- Kate CarrNew Britain$2K
- Sarah NajamyShelton$2K
- Amanda CorcoranNew Haven$1K
- Polly MoranBristol$1K
- Melissa GregorioNew Haven$722
- Catherine ParisiDanbury$551
- Janet SpinnerBridgeport$523
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.