Stephen Besson, MD
Adolescent Medicine · Cynthiana, KYNPI 1750344552
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 709 payments — averaging $16.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AstraZeneca$926
- Pfizer$868
- AbbVie$834
- Johnson & Johnson$801
- Novartis$684
- plus $6K from 51 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,705100%
- Education$360%
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.
- FARXIGA$369
- Kerendia$237
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$233
- XARELTO$224
- AIRSUPRA$125
- Xultophy 100/3.6$123
- SOLIQUA 100/33$123
- RYBELSUS$123
- JARDIANCE$104
- ENTRESTO$102
- GEMTESA$100
How this compares
$11,740 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 39 adolescent medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 453 | $220,843 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 266 | $205,388 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 269 | $201,760 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 234 | $160,897 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 142 | $147,437 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 107 | $117,197 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 119 | $102,207 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 108 | $86,054 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 43 | $78,522 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 123 | $70,756 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 107 | $67,424 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 77 | $66,608 |
| InvokanaCanagliflozin | 63 | $66,356 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 127 | $51,397 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 96 | $50,721 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Brilinta | $926 | $281,702369 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Stiolto Respimat | $491 | $272,452430 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana | $801 | $227,253297 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,195 | $225,958185 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $868 | $220,843453 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Shingrix, Arexvy, Breo Ellipta | $597 | $176,307408 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $614 | $135,918134 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Janumet Xr | $516 | $107,415161 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Linzess, Namzaric, Qulipta | $834 | $105,968142 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $629 | $102,207119 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $684 | $70,756123 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $561 | $67,424107 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 95th percentile of 39 adolescent medicine providers in Kentucky.
Other adolescent medicine in Cynthiana
- James CalderCynthiana$2K
- Shawn SorrellLexington$40K
- Jeffrey McGinnisMt Sterling$4K
- Thomas McCormickLouisville$3K
- Richard HallMount Sterling$2K
- Ashli Collinsla Grange$2K
- Brian GillispieLexington$1K
- Katrina HoodLexington$1K
- Gregory TracyLexington$1K
- Debra BaileyPikeville$940
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.