Anjuman Howlader, MD
Nephrology · Tucson, AZNPI 1467600833
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 208 payments — averaging $18.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$701
- Bayer$623
- AstraZeneca$459
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$276
- Amgen$271
- Novartis$185
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,08782%
- Education$69918%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 40 | $701 |
| Bayer | 43 | $623 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 24 | $459 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 13 | $276 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 14 | $271 |
| Novartis | 10 | $185 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $184 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $184 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 11 | $164 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 5 | $131 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $112 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $82 |
| GSK | 4 | $71 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $17 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,787 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 259 nephrology providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KerendiaFinerenone | 156 | $190,331 |
| Tolvaptan | 14 | $106,958 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 85 | $87,702 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 65 | $85,481 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 40 | $72,916 |
| RayaldeeCalcifediol | 44 | $71,821 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 36 | $48,994 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 20 | $32,103 |
| Potassium Chloride | 138 | $14,545 |
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $13,828 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 67 | $12,383 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 54 | $11,154 |
| Allopurinol | 773 | $9,143 |
| Klor-ConPotassium Chloride | 20 | $8,149 |
| Calcitriol | 353 | $8,145 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BayerKerendia | $623 | $190,331156 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $459 | $173,183150 claims |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLCRayaldee | $701 | $71,82144 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $184 | $48,99436 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 60th percentile of 259 nephrology providers in Arizona.
Other nephrology in Tucson
- Amit FadiaTucson$396K
- Bijin ThajudeenTucson$198K
- David WhittmanTucson$161K
- Jamil AhmedTucson$62K
- Aneesha ShettyTucson$52K
- Cary BelenTucson$42K
- Michael DelongTucson$18K
- Ryan WongTucson$8K
- Tausif ZarTucson$7K
- Mindy JanTucson$7K
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.