Veena Kalra, MD
Gynecology · Flint, MINPI 1942200977
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,157 of the $1,791 with a category attached, or 64.6%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Acessa Health Inc. at 42.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $834 and has fallen 76.1% since, to $199 in 2025.
Across 39 payments — averaging $45.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acessa Health Inc.$768
- Medtronic$294
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$165
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$148
- AbbVie$125
- Covidien LP$94
- plus $197 from 6 others
Across 50 payments — averaging $24,749 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.
- Evofem Biosciences, Inc.$1.2M
- GSK$34K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$63435%
- Food & beverage$1,15765%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acessa Health Inc. | 8 | $768 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $294 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 4 | $165 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $148 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $125 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $94 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$1,791 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 50 gynecology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 40 | $1,991 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 38 | $658 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 11 | $411 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 25 | $405 |
| Fluconazole | 19 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gynecology in Flint
- Neelam DuttFlint$796
- Jay BermanSouthfield$218K
- John LagrandGrand Rapids$58K
- Noor Dasouki AbualnadiAnn Arbor$47K
- Deborah RussellSaginaw$30K
- Mona FakihDearborn Heights$11K
- Roderick CairgleDetroit$8K
- Lisa CardwellSouthfield$7K
- Michele ThomasSouthfield$6K
- Joseph RakowskiGrosse Pointe$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.