Amitabh Hajela, MD
Nephrology · Denville, NJNPI 1548329840
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $12,497 of the $13,098 with a category attached, or 95.4%. Medtronic accounts for 95.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,681 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $119 in 2023. Among nephrology clinicians in NJ 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 9 payments — averaging $1455.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$13K
- AstraZeneca$219
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$184
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$104
- Amgen$20
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$11
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$12,49795%
- Food & beverage$4203%
- Education$1811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 2 | $12,559 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $219 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $184 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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
$13,098 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 64 | $78,976 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 86 | $77,142 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 15 | $46,930 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 43 | $46,734 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 26 | $31,880 |
| RayaldeeCalcifediol | 11 | $15,175 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 12 | $6,567 |
| Calcitriol | 117 | $3,001 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 105 | $1,646 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 147 | $1,113 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 11 | $744 |
| Losartan Potassium | 91 | $743 |
| Furosemide | 117 | $705 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 14 | $673 |
| Potassium Chloride | 25 | $588 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaLokelma, Farxiga | $219 | $156,118150 claims |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLCRayaldee | $11 | $15,17511 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 95th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.
Other nephrology in Denville
- Lawrence ByrdLivingston$338K
- Jeffrey FeldmanUnion$315K
- Joshua KaplanNewark$154K
- Vadim FinkielsteinPrinceton Junction$139K
- Neeraj SinghNew Brunswick$133K
- Harry DounisNeptune$75K
- Kenneth LissEatontown$75K
- Jeffrey GoodmanFlorham Park$70K
- Arif AsifNeptune$42K
- Joseph AlbaneseBrick$41K
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.