Mehwish Farooqi
Neurology · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1982199303
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $10,000 of the $12,161 with a category attached, or 82.2%. Medtronic accounts for 95.7% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $11,609 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $355 in 2025.
Across 38 payments — averaging $320.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- AbbVie$217
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$111
- Eisai Inc.$67
- GE HealthCare$26
- Abbott$25
- plus $79 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00082%
- Travel & lodging$1,45112%
- Food & beverage$7106%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 10 | $11,636 |
| AbbVie | 17 | $217 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $111 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $26 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ACTIVA PC$10,000
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$1,421
How this compares
$12,161 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 49 neurology providers in South Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 35 | $36,199 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 584 | $18,506 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 12 | $16,330 |
| NeuproRotigotine | 14 | $12,320 |
| RivastigmineRivastigmine Tartrate | 47 | $4,072 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 60 | $3,041 |
| Gabapentin | 98 | $1,735 |
| Primidone | 92 | $1,625 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 149 | $1,120 |
| Pramipexole DihydrochloridePramipexole Di-Hcl | 31 | $688 |
| Propranolol Hcl | 23 | $592 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 33 | $487 |
| Topiramate | 36 | $355 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 15 | $349 |
| Levetiracetam | 15 | $331 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary | $111 | $16,33012 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 85th percentile of 49 neurology providers in South Dakota.
Other neurology in Sioux Falls
- Andrew RidderSioux Falls$97K
- Wijdan RaiSioux Falls$81K
- Jeffrey BoyleSioux Falls$14K
- Bassel SalemSioux Falls$7K
- Cynthia Zevallos MauSioux Falls$6K
- Karan TopiwalaSioux Falls$4K
- Jorge SanchezSioux Falls$3K
- Nessim AminSioux Falls$1K
- Lisa ViolaSioux Falls$1K
- Xi WangSioux Falls$982
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.