Matthew Fusco, MD
Neurological Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1609079003
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $619 of the $985 with a category attached, or 62.8%. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Microvention, Inc. at 43.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $558 and has fallen 64.6% since, to $198 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $3,083.
Across 8 payments — averaging $123.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Microvention, Inc.$431
- Balt USA, LLC$356
- Viz.ai, Inc.$198
Across 40 payments — averaging $7555.97 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$302K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$36737%
- Food & beverage$61963%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microvention, Inc. | 4 | $431 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 3 | $356 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $198 |
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.
- WEB$332
- Viz.AI LVO$198
- Optima Thermal Coil System$127
How this compares
$985 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 156 neurological surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 17 | $250 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Nashville
- Brian OshaughnessyNashville$2.1M
- Chine LoganNashville$309K
- Scott ParkerNashville$255K
- Arthur UlmNashville$203K
- Gregory LanfordNashville$175K
- William SchooleyNashville$105K
- Khan LiNashville$101K
- Ernest WrightNashville$63K
- Dario EnglotNashville$47K
- Chadd FunkNashville$38K
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.