Ahsan Qureshi, MD
Nephrology · Kalamazoo, MINPI 1043260821
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $151 of the $171 with a category attached, or 88.5%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Travere Therapeutics, Inc. at 27.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $62 and has fallen 68.4% since, to $20 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for nephrology clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $606.
Across 9 payments — averaging $19.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$48
- AstraZeneca$30
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$24
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$20
- Amgen$20
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$19
- plus $11 from 1 others
Across 36 payments — averaging $1234.17 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.
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$44K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$15188%
- Education$2012%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$171 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 325 nephrology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 29 | $52,626 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 44 | $43,564 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 17 | $15,370 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 61 | $15,044 |
| Potassium Chloride | 66 | $7,588 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 13 | $7,111 |
| Lanthanum Carbonate | 11 | $5,635 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 18 | $2,797 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 24 | $2,282 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 66 | $1,579 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 73 | $1,445 |
| Furosemide | 170 | $1,242 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 17 | $1,209 |
| Calcitriol | 44 | $1,204 |
| Bumetanide | 32 | $1,050 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $19 | $52,62629 claims |
| AstraZenecaLokelma | $30 | $7,11113 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 20th percentile of 325 nephrology providers in Michigan.
Other nephrology in Kalamazoo
- Ahmed AqeelKalamazoo$18K
- Alexander YevzlinAnn Arbor$1.1M
- Muwaffaq SalamehBay City$164K
- Laura MarianiAnn Arbor$150K
- Crystal Gardner-MartinLivonia$140K
- Katherine KwonSaint Joseph$111K
- Anatole BesarabDetroit$102K
- Richard CrossSaint Clair Shores$96K
- Kausik UmanathDetroit$85K
- Joel TopfRoseville$79K
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.