RxDoctor Payments Data

Craig Shadur

Nephrology · Des Moines, IANPI 1851354674

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $272,847 of the $314,156 with a category attached, or 86.9%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 52.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $91,078 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $1,740 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in IA 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.

$314,156in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 407 payments — averaging $771.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$164K
  • Bayer$107K
  • Amgen$39K
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$2K
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$351
  • Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$251
  • plus $871 from 11 others
$44,930in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 4 payments — averaging $11,233 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.

  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$33K
  • GSK$12K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2,8351%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$272,84787%
  • Travel & lodging$31,49410%
  • Food & beverage$6,8612%
  • Education$1200%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$314,156 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 73 nephrology providers in Iowa.

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