Farshid Yazdi
Nephrology · New Orleans, LANPI 1679707350
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. at 32.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,104 and has fallen 80.1% since, to $1,018 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in LA 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.
Across 198 payments — averaging $69.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$4K
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$3K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Amgen$866
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$682
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$535
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,90036%
- Travel & lodging$1,54311%
- Food & beverage$7,17352%
- Education$991%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 14 | $4,455 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 8 | $3,165 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 21 | $1,180 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 25 | $866 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 20 | $682 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 21 | $535 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 14 | $467 |
| Bayer | 14 | $354 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 10 | $291 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 3 | $286 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $248 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 6 | $248 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 11 | $247 |
| Novartis | 6 | $191 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 4 | $134 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Rockwell Medical, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| GSK | 2 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $40 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$13,715 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 206 nephrology providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ProsolParenteral Amino Acid 20% No.1 | 89 | $20,044 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 67 | $15,760 |
| Calcium Acetate | 33 | $2,415 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 46 | $1,209 |
| Furosemide | 42 | $399 |
| Potassium Chloride | 14 | $397 |
| Losartan Potassium | 40 | $279 |
| Chlorthalidone | 15 | $261 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 15 | $242 |
| Carvedilol | 28 | $125 |
| Lisinopril | 20 | $117 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 35 | $116 |
| Allopurinol | 26 | $105 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in New Orleans
- Juan Carlos VelezNew Orleans$282K
- Michael TouchyNew Orleans$56K
- Juan MedauraNew Orleans$14K
- Mihran NaljayanNew Orleans$10K
- Rhea BhargavaNew Orleans$9K
- April FoxNew Orleans$8K
- Myra KleinpeterNew Orleans$7K
- Joshua LowentrittNew Orleans$7K
- Angela ReginelliNew Orleans$6K
- Francisco CruzNew Orleans$6K
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.