Rekha Kalidindi, MD
Family Medicine · Elk River, MNNPI 1750678942
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 115 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,324, 4.3 times the $310 reported in 2023. Among family medicine clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 115 payments — averaging $22.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$370
- AstraZeneca$319
- Lilly USA, LLC$230
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$230
- Boehringer Ingelheim$205
- GSK$134
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,612100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $370 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $319 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $230 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $230 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $205 |
| GSK | 6 | $134 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $122 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $109 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $108 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $88 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $88 |
| Amgen | 4 | $77 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $74 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $53 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| Abbott | 2 | $30 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,612 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,162 family medicine providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 31 | $40,282 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 22 | $16,997 |
| EliquisApixaban | 17 | $15,759 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 19 | $14,473 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $7,843 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 182 | $2,684 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 228 | $2,527 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 218 | $2,468 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 15 | $2,273 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 39 | $2,021 |
| Losartan Potassium | 124 | $1,458 |
| Gabapentin | 109 | $1,284 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 87 | $1,221 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 163 | $1,127 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 29 | $1,073 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $370 | $40,28231 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $205 | $16,99722 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $122 | $15,75917 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $134 | $14,47319 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $88 | $2,02139 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 95th percentile of 1,162 family medicine providers in Minnesota.
Other family medicine in Elk River
- Amanda LovoldSt Cloud$387K
- Robert MarshMinnetonka$300K
- Taylor MertzMoorhead$176K
- Justin YoungTracy$93K
- Gerard SpoelhofDuluth$75K
- Martha MasciopintoCottage Grove$50K
- Glenn DetlefsenRosemount$39K
- Amy GilbertSaint Paul$27K
- Kevin PetersonMinneapolis$25K
- Joseph McGrathWabasha$19K
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.