Suzanne Bushong
Family · Paragould, ARNPI 1417929316
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 139 payments — averaging $17.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$446
- Novo Nordisk$326
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$302
- AstraZeneca$208
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$140
- Amgen$110
- plus $874 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,406100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 28 | $446 |
| Novo Nordisk | 22 | $326 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 16 | $302 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $208 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 8 | $140 |
| Amgen | 8 | $110 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $100 |
| Bayer | 5 | $95 |
| GSK | 5 | $79 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $70 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $62 |
| Abbott | 3 | $50 |
| Novartis | 2 | $40 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $35 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $17 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $11 |
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.
- AIRSUPRA$125
How this compares
$2,406 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,103 family providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 91 | $79,353 |
| EliquisApixaban | 69 | $45,517 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 37 | $23,616 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 37 | $23,290 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 34 | $17,733 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 25 | $15,791 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 466 | $13,469 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 24 | $12,720 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 15 | $11,949 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 15 | $7,175 |
| Pregabalin | 83 | $5,067 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 23 | $4,685 |
| Alprazolam | 510 | $3,419 |
| Roflumilast | 25 | $2,979 |
| Celecoxib | 70 | $2,904 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $326 | $79,35391 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $35 | $45,51769 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat | $70 | $24,90849 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $79 | $23,29037 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $208 | $15,79125 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $446 | $13,78739 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 80th percentile of 2,103 family providers in Arkansas.
Other family in Paragould
- Cecil MasseyParagould$13K
- Teresa GonzalezParagould$12K
- Latoya CowardParagould$11K
- Leah CarringtonRogers$1.6M
- Nina CopelandFort Smith$207K
- Stefanie BrackinJonesboro$51K
- Amanda DavisFort Smith$46K
- Allison HittManila$40K
- Kimberly GatesNorth Little Rock$31K
- Meghan MallettConway$25K
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.