Michael Russo, MD
Neurology · Honolulu, HINPI 1477523785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $15,903 of the $20,311 with a category attached, or 78.3%. It is spread thinly across 47 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 597 payments — averaging $34.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$4K
- UCB, Inc.$2K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$1K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$828
- plus $8K from 41 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$200%
- Food & beverage$15,90378%
- Education$3021%
- Other$4,08620%
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.
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.
How this compares
$20,311 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 54 neurology providers in Hawaii.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| HetliozTasimelteon | 11 | $263,327 |
| WakixPitolisant Hcl | 11 | $113,651 |
| HorizantGabapentin Enacarbil | 83 | $107,041 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 11 | $103,616 |
| Kesimpta PenOfatumumab | 12 | $100,630 |
| Avonex Pen (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a | 12 | $95,516 |
| NeuproRotigotine | 54 | $89,192 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 40 | $79,364 |
| Oxtellar XrOxcarbazepine | 50 | $66,748 |
| BriviactBrivaracetam | 37 | $62,138 |
| EpidiolexCannabidiol (Cbd) | 13 | $58,031 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 11 | $57,277 |
| FycompaPerampanel | 40 | $51,166 |
| TeglutikRiluzole | 12 | $45,686 |
| OnfiClobazam | 13 | $35,544 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.Hetlioz | $334 | $263,32711 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Neupro, Briviact, Nayzilam | $2,338 | $170,340103 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza, Ongentys | $1,187 | $130,66725 claims |
| Harmony Biosciences LLCWakix | $340 | $113,65111 claims |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Horizant | $149 | $107,04183 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $491 | $79,36440 claims |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Oxtellar Xr | $107 | $66,74850 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $85 | $57,27711 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Fycompa | $513 | $51,16640 claims |
| Lundbeck LLCOnfi | $80 | $35,54413 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $388 | $31,85328 claims |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Nourianz | $189 | $24,14413 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 85th percentile of 54 neurology providers in Hawaii.
Other neurology in Honolulu
- Leo MaherHonolulu$382K
- Leah RidgeHonolulu$47K
- Melvin YeeHonolulu$32K
- Kevin KimataHonolulu$24K
- Terry ShimamotoHonolulu$24K
- Kore LiowHonolulu$15K
- Fay GaoHonolulu$13K
- Sarah GranerHonolulu$10K
- Jeffrey LiuHonolulu$8K
- Monique CanonicoHonolulu$8K
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.