Priyanka Govindan
Nephrology · Fort Collins, CONPI 1245551993
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $283 of the $409 with a category attached, or 69.2%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $184 and has fallen 90.8% since, to $17 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for nephrology clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $627.
Across 10 payments — averaging $40.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$161
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$96
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$43
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$37
- Bayer$31
- GSK$22
- plus $19 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$28369%
- Education$12631%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 1 | $161 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Bayer | 2 | $31 |
| GSK | 1 | $22 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- ONYX FRONTIER$161
How this compares
$409 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 152 nephrology providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thiola EcTiopronin | 11 | $83,418 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 16 | $8,953 |
| Calcitriol | 257 | $6,939 |
| ProcritEpoetin Alfa | 21 | $5,738 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 42 | $5,035 |
| Clonidine | 18 | $2,962 |
| Losartan Potassium | 287 | $2,250 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 412 | $2,153 |
| Carvedilol | 246 | $1,941 |
| Bumetanide | 54 | $1,719 |
| Potassium Chloride | 69 | $1,681 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 20 | $1,301 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 24 | $1,274 |
| Furosemide | 299 | $1,251 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 82 | $799 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in Fort Collins
- Geoffrey BlockLone Tree$726K
- Laura KooiengaDenver$82K
- Brad MarderDenver$77K
- Richard JohnsonAurora$62K
- Maria VelezDenver$47K
- Paul MillerGolden$42K
- Bruce KaplanAurora$42K
- Michael ShomakerThornton$41K
- Sixto GiustiAurora$23K
- Joseph AbdallahWestminster$23K
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.