Rupesh Kshetri, MD
Hospitalist · Mason City, IANPI 1871926444
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 39 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 11 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among hospitalist clinicians in IA 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 39 payments — averaging $23.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$212
- Abbott$211
- Boston Scientific$93
- Bayer$80
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$73
- Boehringer Ingelheim$60
- plus $188 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$917100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 15 | $212 |
| Abbott | 5 | $211 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $93 |
| Bayer | 2 | $80 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $73 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $60 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $53 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $24 |
How this compares
$917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 223 hospitalist providers in Iowa.
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.
Other hospitalist in Mason City
- Maureen MukeMason City$345
- Jonas KwiatkowskiMason City$161
- Robert DemuthIowa City$40K
- Eric HellerIowa City$25K
- Ala MustafaDes Moines$7K
- Hammad ZafarIowa City$5K
- Gregory BerryDes Moines$4K
- Mehul AdhadukIowa City$2K
- Abiy AbebeDavenport$2K
- Daniel KandahDes Moines$1K
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.