William Busch
General Practice · North Kansas City, MONPI 1801951660
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $8,240 of the $12,349 with a category attached, or 66.7%. Henry Schein, Inc. accounts for 73.9% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $5,471 and has fallen 60.0% since, to $2,187 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 87 payments — averaging $141.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Henry Schein, Inc.$9K
- Sonendo Inc$833
- Align Technology, Inc.$668
- A-dec, Inc.$319
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$268
- Septodont Inc.$208
- plus $927 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5004%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,24067%
- Food & beverage$2,71422%
- Education$3763%
- Gifts$4293%
- Charitable contribution$901%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 15 | $9,126 |
| Sonendo Inc | 7 | $833 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 23 | $668 |
| A-dec, Inc. | 2 | $319 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 9 | $268 |
| Septodont Inc. | 7 | $208 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 2 | $144 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Kavo Dental Technologies LLC | 1 | $103 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 3 | $77 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 6 | $75 |
| Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC | 1 | $68 |
| Henry Schein One, LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Ormco Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Acteon Inc | 1 | $21 |
| GC America Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Philips North America LLC | 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.
- Convergent Dental Inc LaserSoleaModel 3Basic$3,000
- i-CAT$2,500
- KaVo$2,500
- DENTSPLY Sirona Imaging Units$2,500
- Planmeca$2,500
- Convergent Dental Inc LaserSoleaModel 2Prem$1,500
- Convergent Dental Inc LaserSoleaModel 3Prem$1,500
- Convergent Dental Inc LaserSoleaModel 2Rfrb$1,500
- Gentle Wave Root Canal therapy console and handpiece$500
- GentleWave G4 Console$133
- Bellatek$129
- Invisalign$108
- CEREC$100
How this compares
$12,349 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,446 general practice providers in Missouri.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 49 | $249 |
| Amoxicillin | 85 | $183 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 17 | $63 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in North Kansas City
- Baron GrutterGladstone$445K
- Arthur GreenbergKansas City$241K
- Robert CalaluceColumbia$189K
- Suraiya SiddiqueMount Vernon$61K
- John FluckeLees Summit$60K
- Rex HudsonSaint Louis$49K
- David KaelinCape Girardeau$27K
- Nadeemuddin QureshiSaint Louis$22K
- Michael McKenzieHannibal$20K
- Robert McGrawCameron$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.