Alexandria Rutherford, MD
Family Medicine · Kalispell, MTNPI 1528347796
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 14 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 10 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2022 is the largest year on record at $186, 5.0 times the $37 reported in 2020.
Across 14 payments — averaging $18.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$60
- Dexcom, Inc.$43
- AbbVie$27
- Amgen$25
- AstraZeneca$23
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$18
- plus $58 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$254100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 4 | $60 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$254 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 426 family medicine providers in Montana.
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.
Other family medicine in Kalispell
- Timothy NuceKalispell$3K
- John TremperKalispell$951
- Kimberly BlakesleeMissoula$186K
- Kathleen Harder-BrouwerHamilton$28K
- Joey BanksMissoula$21K
- Julie ReilBillings$9K
- Jeanne Pereles OrtizBillings$7K
- Aubrey RemmersMissoula$5K
- Lyle OnstadGreat Falls$5K
- Carey WelshGreat Falls$5K
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.