Rahul Shekhar, MD
Internal Medicine · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1184854663
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 11 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 27.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $254 and has fallen 55.7% since, to $113 in 2025.
Across 11 payments — averaging $36.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$110
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$90
- Lilly USA, LLC$88
- Ardelyx, Inc.$39
- Celltrion USA Inc.$22
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$18
- plus $32 from 2 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $3339.25 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.$13K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$399100%
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 | 1 | $110 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $88 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- LINZESS$110
How this compares
$399 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 578 internal medicine providers in New Mexico.
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.
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- Gulshan ParasherAlbuquerque$66K
- Mark WalkerAlbuquerque$24K
- Joao TeixeiraAlbuquerque$18K
- Karla AlmarazAlbuquerque$18K
- David SosaAlbuquerque$11K
- Revati ReddyAlbuquerque$7K
- Ross DavidsonAlbuquerque$7K
- Edmee RodriguezAlbuquerque$6K
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.