Vaishaliben Ahir, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Chesterfield, MONPI 1376706861
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 159 payments — averaging $19.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dexcom, Inc.$392
- Novo Nordisk$364
- Sequel Med Tech, LLC$327
- Abbott$210
- Lilly USA, LLC$209
- Novartis$154
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,043100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexcom, Inc. | 23 | $392 |
| Novo Nordisk | 25 | $364 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 10 | $327 |
| Abbott | 11 | $210 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $209 |
| Novartis | 8 | $154 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 7 | $144 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $142 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $114 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 5 | $103 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $89 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 5 | $88 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Amgen | 5 | $82 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 4 | $74 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 6 | $71 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $59 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Bayer | 3 | $54 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Intuity Medical Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $13 |
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.
- TWIIST$149
How this compares
$3,043 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 182 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Missouri.
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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 | 57 | $67,331 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 20 | $27,600 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 24 | $20,700 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 15 | $8,789 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 27 | $2,348 |
| Insulin Lispro Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 11 | $2,255 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 36 | $2,159 |
| Ultra-Fine Mini Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 13 | $789 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 26 | $536 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 107 | $504 |
| Calcitriol | 11 | $154 |
| Metformin Hcl | 28 | $152 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 14 | $134 |
| Methimazole | 12 | $89 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 12 | $82 |
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 | $364 | $67,33157 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $209 | $27,60020 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $114 | $20,70024 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $59 | $2,34827 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 55th percentile of 182 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Missouri.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Chesterfield
- Karen Chang-ChenChesterfield$640K
- Ralph OiknineChesterfield$414K
- Norman FishmanChesterfield$352K
- Soumya NadellaChesterfield$8K
- Ralph DudaSpringfield$3M
- Thomas NickolasSaint Louis$945K
- Anne GoldbergSaint Louis$830K
- Janet McGillSaint Louis$828K
- Christopher CaseJefferson City$692K
- Gregory LedgerSpringfield$690K
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.