Stephany Ruszala, PA
Physician Assistant · North Tonawanda, NYNPI 1679253223
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 252 payments — averaging $17.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$568
- Boehringer Ingelheim$479
- AstraZeneca$472
- Amgen$421
- Lilly USA, LLC$378
- AbbVie$375
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,392100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 33 | $568 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 28 | $479 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $472 |
| Amgen | 33 | $421 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 24 | $378 |
| AbbVie | 18 | $375 |
| GSK | 21 | $363 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 17 | $264 |
| Exact Sciences | 12 | $203 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $123 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $114 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $98 |
| Bayer | 5 | $87 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $56 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $44 |
| Novartis | 2 | $30 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$4,392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $34,742 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 16 | $23,769 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 13 | $12,779 |
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $11,847 |
| Diclofenac Epolamine | 11 | $7,942 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 13 | $7,149 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 13 | $6,904 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | $5,570 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 17 | $2,629 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 24 | $1,879 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 108 | $1,874 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 102 | $1,612 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 50 | $1,583 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 96 | $1,568 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 98 | $1,504 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Stiolto Respimat | $479 | $41,89136 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $378 | $23,76916 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $568 | $12,77913 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $44 | $11,84711 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $56 | $6,90413 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort | $472 | $5,57013 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $375 | $1,87924 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $123 | $1,612102 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 90th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Other physician assistant in North Tonawanda
- Henry YuBronx$1M
- Michael AsbachAmherst$962K
- Janelle BunceJamestown$565K
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Melissa WhiteGarden City$320K
- Lawrence HermanHolbrook$315K
- Kaitlyn NelsonBrooklyn$289K
- Sari KatzGarden City$271K
- Julius NwosuBronx$256K
- Cameron KiserNew York$225K
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.