Alan Friedman, MD
Nephrology · Bronx, NYNPI 1598867285
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 205 payments — averaging $20.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$780
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$608
- Amgen$570
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$352
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$275
- Boehringer Ingelheim$261
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,232100%
- Education$210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 41 | $780 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 37 | $608 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 25 | $570 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 16 | $352 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $275 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $261 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $180 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $125 |
| Merck | 5 | $89 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $88 |
| Bayer | 4 | $84 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $82 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $59 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $46 |
| GSK | 2 | $44 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $33 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Novartis | 1 | $31 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$4,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 935 nephrology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 43 | $61,530 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 25 | $60,115 |
| EliquisApixaban | 49 | $55,354 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 83 | $35,960 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 47 | $35,037 |
| ProcritEpoetin Alfa | 14 | $18,972 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 20 | $16,047 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 13 | $11,949 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 144 | $4,806 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 19 | $4,032 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 21 | $4,005 |
| Telmisartan-AmlodipineTelmisartan/Amlodipine | 11 | $3,677 |
| Calcium Acetate | 32 | $3,119 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $2,496 |
| Tacrolimus | 16 | $2,208 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $780 | $77,57763 claims |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $84 | $60,11525 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $59 | $55,35449 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $261 | $35,03747 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus | $88 | $11,94913 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 70th percentile of 935 nephrology providers in New York.
Other nephrology in Bronx
- Robert LynnBronx$2M
- Bruce SpinowitzBronx$837K
- Matthew AbramowitzBronx$749K
- Enver AkalinBronx$312K
- Chang XuBronx$257K
- Joel NeugartenBronx$256K
- Chaim CharytanBronx$204K
- Gill FreiBronx$188K
- Joji TokitaNew York$8.4M
- Krzysztof KirylukNew York$6.7M
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.