RxDoctor Payments Data

Ehsan Nobakht Haghighi, MD

Nephrology · Washington, DCNPI 1598099095

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $33,750 of the $50,371 with a category attached, or 67.0%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 59.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $26,510 and has fallen 62.2% since, to $10,028 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in DC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$50,371in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 217 payments — averaging $232.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • GSK$30K
  • AstraZeneca$13K
  • Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$3K
  • Akebia Therapeutics Inc$621
  • Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$526
  • Amgen$487
  • plus $2K from 16 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2,5005%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$33,75067%
  • Travel & lodging$7,61815%
  • Food & beverage$6,33913%
  • Education$1640%

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

$50,371 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 62 nephrology providers in District of Columbia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$89,887
Medicare patients
211
Services billed
689

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol163$119,162
LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate27$31,934
JardianceEmpagliflozin31$22,638
Sevelamer Carbonate38$7,484
DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol13$6,316
Clonidine22$2,646
Calcitriol71$1,735
Hydralazine Hcl27$1,089
Labetalol Hcl21$816
Losartan Potassium71$611
Nifedipine ErNifedipine31$502
Furosemide62$353
Metoprolol Succinate19$333
Amlodipine Besylate61$310
Lisinopril14$98

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma$13,344$151,096190 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 90th percentile of 62 nephrology providers in District of Columbia.

Other nephrology in Washington

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