Charu Kolekar, MD
Geriatric Medicine · Festus, MONPI 1811320856
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 35 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 29.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $550 and has fallen 79.2% since, to $114 in 2025.
Across 35 payments — averaging $33.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$336
- Johnson & Johnson$195
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$144
- Dexcom, Inc.$120
- Abiomed$116
- Pfizer$46
- plus $202 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,159100%
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(2 entities) | 9 | $336 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $195 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $144 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $116 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $46 |
| Novartis | 2 | $45 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $38 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Bayer | 1 | $24 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- DALVANCE$132
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$120
- Impella$116
- XARELTO$106
- ELIQUIS$104
How this compares
$1,159 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 76 geriatric medicine providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 14 | $908 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $178 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 19 | $124 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $103 |
| Cefdinir | 14 | $94 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $84 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 | $79 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 14 | $41 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $35 |
| Prednisone | 21 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other geriatric medicine in Festus
- Muhammad AzharuddinFestus$546
- Srinath TadakamallaHarrisonville$82K
- Randall HalleyColumbia$18K
- Angela SanfordSaint Louis$15K
- Madhu SahaiSikeston$6K
- John MorleySt Louis$6K
- Karmel CarothersIndependence$5K
- William KnappFlorissant$5K
- Ellen BinderSaint Louis$4K
- Poonam JainSaint Louis$4K
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.