Godfrey Thuku, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Ames, IANPI 1336400860
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 32.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,810 and has fallen 94.1% since, to $165 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 79 payments — averaging $70.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$772
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$753
- Nevro Corp.$131
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$123
- plus $236 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,40843%
- Food & beverage$3,16957%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $1,826 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $1,736 |
| Abbott | 23 | $772 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $753 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $131 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Stryker | 1 | $102 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $23 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $14 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,455
- SPRINT PNS System$619
- INTELLIS$600
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$509
- Intracept$494
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$200
- Proclaim IPG$165
- mild Device Kit$102
How this compares
$5,577 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 58 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Iowa.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 295 | $3,776 |
| Pregabalin | 86 | $1,440 |
| Baclofen | 140 | $1,432 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $720 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 65 | $456 |
| Orphenadrine Citrate ErOrphenadrine Citrate | 11 | $338 |
| Methylprednisolone | 38 | $231 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $180 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $137 |
| Nabumetone | 19 | $134 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 33 | $123 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 37 | $110 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Ames
- Haley HicksAmes$102
- Neil SegalIowa City$2.2M
- Nicholas ApplebyCedar Rapids$49K
- Ryan KruseIowa City$8K
- Daniel GoldishNorth Liberty$6K
- Ai Huong PhuClive$6K
- Anthony StarkDes Moines$4K
- Logan McCoolClive$4K
- Sunny KimCedar Rapids$3K
- Steven ZehringIowa City$2K
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.