Claude Galphin
Nephrology · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1700883816
Payments from drug & device makers
$2,007,196in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 783 payments — averaging $2563.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$1.1M
- Vertex$226K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$190K
- AstraZeneca$156K
- Gilead$107K
- CSL Behring$69K
- plus $171K from 17 others
General payments by program year
19
20
21
23
24
25
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 592 | $1,088,778 |
| Vertex | 3 | $225,662 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 3 | $190,186 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 15 | $156,463 |
| Gilead | 27 | $106,929 |
| CSL Behring | 46 | $68,588 |
| Bayer | 18 | $35,215 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 8 | $34,982 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $26,632 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $17,627 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $17,241 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $15,793 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $11,750 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 21 | $10,712 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 6 | $388 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $91 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$2,007,196 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 229 nephrology providers in Tennessee.
Other nephrology in Chattanooga
- Rohit GuptaChattanooga$298K
- Kendra HendonKnoxville$1.1M
- Wael HusseinMemphis$912K
- Anna BurgnerNashville$788K
- Peter ReeseNashville$613K
- Jamie DwyerNashville$493K
- Ross NesbitKnoxville$452K
- Anthony LangoneNashville$377K
- Adriana HungNashville$270K
- Volker HaaseNashville$269K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.