Ritesh Gandhi, MD
Hospitalist · Saint Louis, MONPI 1396109880
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 148 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 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $839 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $27 in 2025. Among hospitalist clinicians in MO 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 148 payments — averaging $17.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$388
- Amgen$221
- AstraZeneca$212
- Lilly USA, LLC$171
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$159
- Boehringer Ingelheim$140
- plus $1K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,528100%
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 | 25 | $388 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 15 | $221 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $212 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $171 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $159 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $140 |
| Abbott | 6 | $140 |
| Novartis | 7 | $112 |
| GSK | 6 | $106 |
| Bayer | 5 | $84 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $78 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 4 | $77 |
| Biogen | 3 | $74 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $36 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $33 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,528 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 712 hospitalist providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 | $263 |
| Potassium Chloride | 13 | $191 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $62 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 13 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Saint Louis
- Gian MusarraSaint Louis$25K
- Ghassan DaherSaint Louis$23K
- Marsha SchulteSaint Louis$23K
- Ijeoma NwelueSaint Louis$12K
- Arun MannemSaint Louis$6K
- Vasanthan KuppuswamySaint Louis$5K
- Yamuna KondapallySaint Louis$5K
- Basem AbdeenSaint Louis$4K
- John MwangiSaint Louis$4K
- Emily WoodSaint Louis$3K
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.