Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BRUCE WARREN USHER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1669470191
CMS profile
301979
Location
CARY, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,202.28

  • Reported across 231 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$652.51

26 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $652.51 26

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,076.80 108
PY2019 $212.91 14
PY2020 $256.23 9
PY2021 $707.00 16
PY2022 $1,751.85 23
PY2023 $2,544.98 35
PY2024 $652.51 26

Payment records · PY2024 (26)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Amgen Inc. $25.44 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111730381 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.72 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117706696 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $29.79 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357711 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.26 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357703 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.66 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357707 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.09 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357709 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.46 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357701 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.79 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357705 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $133.57 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357713 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $17.41 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129458560 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $16.18 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129458562 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.69 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129458564 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $21.37 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129458566 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $10.89 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154039827 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $22.96 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154039829 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $24.43 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154039825 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $15.15 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154039831 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $16.68 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154039961 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $52.57 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154039939 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $34.59 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141828634 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.09 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096632791 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.08 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131956175 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $54.52 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080576683 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $10.79 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080576685 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $19.97 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080576693 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $19.36 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080576757 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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