Nicole Busch, APRN
Adult Health · Austin, TXNPI 1073985446
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.9%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 36.6% of the total. Among adult health clinicians in TX 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 416 payments — averaging $66.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$10K
- Abbott$7K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Globus Medical$547
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$545
- plus $3K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7133%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,6009%
- Travel & lodging$6,66824%
- Food & beverage$15,96658%
- Education$1,6276%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 106 | $10,097 |
| Abbott | 185 | $7,388 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 30 | $4,310 |
| Medtronic | 21 | $1,575 |
| Globus Medical | 11 | $547 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 16 | $545 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $497 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $461 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $348 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 4 | $310 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $280 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $238 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $228 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $184 |
| MML US, Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Hydrocision, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $29 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$3,959
- PROCLAIM$3,789
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,391
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$1,738
- Intracept$880
- Proclaim IPG$751
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$608
- Senza$480
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$375
- PRIMEADVANCED SURESCAN$338
- PAINTEQ$308
- SPRINT PNS System$300
- INCEPTIV$284
- PATRIOT SI$281
- Prospera$280
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$241
- Qutenza$238
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$207
- ETERNA$178
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$134
How this compares
$27,573 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 933 adult health providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 202 | $3,893 |
| Pregabalin | 58 | $2,209 |
| Baclofen | 74 | $1,155 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 88 | $919 |
| Methocarbamol | 21 | $460 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $219 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 17 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult health in Austin
- Elizabeth Wedberg SivamAustin$71K
- Yulia LyuboslavskyAustin$36K
- Meghan MurphyAustin$29K
- Marni MartinezAustin$14K
- Melani DayalAustin$13K
- Laura CalaisAustin$12K
- Shane ConcepcionAustin$10K
- Dorothy DarbyAustin$9K
- Lauren KissockAustin$9K
- Sarah RayAustin$9K
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.