Susan Millard
Pediatric Pulmonology · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1144296344
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.8% of the total across 55 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertex at 24.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $362 and has fallen 71.1% since, to $105 in 2025.
Across 55 payments — averaging $22.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$307
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$143
- Philips North America LLC$103
- AbbVie$81
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$70
- Gilead$67
- plus $489 from 16 others
Across 57 payments — averaging $13,122 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Vertex$726K
- AbbVie$19K
- Vivus LLC$2K
- Novartis$99
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,20696%
- Education$534%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 13 | $307 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $103 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $81 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Gilead | 4 | $67 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 4 | $64 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Ambu Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $23 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Breas Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Inspire$143
How this compares
$1,258 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 28 pediatric pulmonology providers in Michigan.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Grand Rapids
- John SchuenGrand Rapids$2K
- Charles McCaslinGrand Rapids$2K
- Johanna Zea-HernandezGrand Rapids$939
- Carolyn DressGrand Rapids$581
- Robert SchoumacherGrand Rapids$498
- Pooja MishraGrand Rapids$273
- Rajnish MishraGrand Rapids$21
- Leela ChandrasekarGrand Rapids$20
- Samya NasrAnn Arbor$28K
- Ryan ThomasLansing$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.