Donald Nortman, MD
Nephrology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1780739896
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 290 payments — averaging $32.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$668
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$612
- Bayer$564
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$484
- plus $4K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$481%
- Food & beverage$9,17298%
- Education$1391%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 64 | $1,826 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 52 | $1,643 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 18 | $668 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 28 | $612 |
| Bayer | 15 | $564 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 15 | $484 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $457 |
| Novartis | 13 | $416 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 9 | $357 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 11 | $342 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $260 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $227 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 5 | $211 |
| Eisai Inc. | 6 | $190 |
| GSK | 3 | $178 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $132 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $95 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 3 | $84 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $51 |
| Outset Medical Inc | 1 | $48 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Gilead | 1 | $34 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $29 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Cormedix Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $15 |
| Currax 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
$9,359 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,341 nephrology providers in California.
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 | 49 | $57,975 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 57 | $54,518 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 51 | $48,311 |
| ProcritEpoetin Alfa | 11 | $37,146 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 29 | $25,948 |
| RayaldeeCalcifediol | 15 | $19,460 |
| EliquisApixaban | 23 | $18,900 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 32 | $18,700 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 22 | $16,108 |
| VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide | 11 | $15,540 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 18 | $11,582 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 11 | $11,190 |
| AuryxiaFerric Citrate | 16 | $10,149 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 11 | $7,325 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 11 | $6,583 |
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 | $1,643 | $102,829108 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $564 | $57,97549 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $95 | $25,94829 claims |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLCRayaldee | $668 | $19,46015 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $51 | $16,10822 claims |
| GileadVemlidy | $34 | $15,54011 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $178 | $12,55026 claims |
| Akebia Therapeutics IncAuryxia | $484 | $10,14916 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 75th percentile of 1,341 nephrology providers in California.
Other nephrology in Los Angeles
- Anjay RastogiLos Angeles$6.3M
- Mohamed El-ShahawyLos Angeles$4.4M
- Suphamai BunnapradistLos Angeles$1.7M
- Victor CarabelloLos Angeles$1.4M
- John SimLos Angeles$1.3M
- Tariq ShahLos Angeles$1.2M
- Michael LevineLos Angeles$867K
- Aamir JamalSan Dimas$5.5M
- Kalpesh PatelCalabasas$3.6M
- Jehad HaggiagiMission Hills$3.6M
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.