Robert Bush
Family Medicine · Columbus, GANPI 1952302481
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 127 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $774 and has fallen 87.0% since, to $101 in 2021.
Across 127 payments — averaging $12.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$354
- Novo Nordisk$283
- AbbVie$158
- Pfizer$133
- Novartis$119
- Johnson & Johnson$113
- plus $462 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,622100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 17 | $354 |
| Novo Nordisk | 28 | $283 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $158 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $133 |
| Novartis | 8 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $113 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $78 |
| Amgen | 5 | $76 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $54 |
| Merck | 4 | $50 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $15 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,622 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.
Other family medicine in Columbus
- Jeffrey KingsleyColumbus$404K
- Bantwal BaligaColumbus$115K
- Joseph LewisColumbus$18K
- Mark SextonColumbus$18K
- Jason BermanColumbus$16K
- Debbie HaginsSavannah$279K
- Yolanda WadeTyrone$233K
- Julian HutchinsWarrenton$222K
- Nadine Halliburton-FosterCumming$219K
- Contessa MetcalfeAtlanta$157K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.