Felicia Chidolue
Family · Houston, TXNPI 1952549578
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
21 manufacturers reported payments, led by CSL Behring at 28.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,879 and has fallen 80.8% since, to $1,126 in 2025. Among family clinicians in TX 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.
Across 167 payments — averaging $50.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CSL Behring$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Bayer$2K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$396
- Amgen$387
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$328
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,23650%
- Food & beverage$4,22750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CSL Behring | 9 | $2,368 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 27 | $2,065 |
| Bayer | 41 | $1,541 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 17 | $396 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 14 | $387 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 6 | $328 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 16 | $274 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $144 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $127 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 4 | $110 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 5 | $98 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Vertex | 1 | $73 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $31 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $24 |
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
$8,463 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Other family in Houston
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
- Margaret WhiteHouston$85K
- Cheryl HaseebHouston$42K
- Kendrick ClackHouston$28K
- David WeirDallas$959K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
- Sie ThomasDallas$197K
- Anna CastroSan Antonio$184K
- Jill CampbellShenandoah$182K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.