Michael Busch
Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine · San Francisco, CANPI 1124426572
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $15,212 of the $23,770 with a category attached, or 64.0%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 59.9% of the total. Among clinical pathology/laboratory medicine clinicians in CA 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 $742.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$14K
- Grifols Diagnostic Solutions, Inc.$3K
- Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc.$3K
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$2K
- Gen-probe, Inc.$1K
- Cerus Corporation$86
- plus $43 from 1 others
Across 31 payments — averaging $28,956 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.
- Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc.$388K
- Grifols Diagnostic Solutions, Inc.$200K
- Cerus Corporation$191K
- Gen-probe, Inc.$118K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,21264%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,72532%
- Travel & lodging$3111%
- Food & beverage$5232%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 11 | $14,243 |
| Grifols Diagnostic Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $3,244 |
| Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | 2 | $3,062 |
| Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 3 | $2,023 |
| Gen-probe, Inc. | 6 | $1,070 |
| Cerus Corporation | 1 | $86 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $43 |
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.
- MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT$1,900
- ZIKA$969
How this compares
$23,770 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 58 clinical pathology/laboratory medicine providers in California.
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Other clinical pathology/laboratory medicine in San Francisco
- Kwun WenSan Francisco$143K
- Steven MillerSan Francisco$7K
- Jayanta DebnathSan Francisco$4K
- Ari MolofskySan Francisco$3K
- Bonnie BalzerSan Francisco$2K
- Anne DeucherSan Francisco$1K
- Elham KhanafsharSan Francisco$587
- David ParkSan Francisco$344
- Maria PatinoSan Francisco$297
- John MorettoSan Francisco$51
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.