Fouad Chebib, MD
Nephrology · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1235450602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. at 37.1% of the total. Among nephrology clinicians in FL 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 73 payments — averaging $1671.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.$45K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$38K
- Vertex$18K
- Sanofi$7K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$7K
- AstraZeneca$5K
- plus $3K from 4 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $116,491 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.
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$630K
- Vertex$54K
- AbbVie$15K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$68,27656%
- Speaking & faculty fees$30,40025%
- Travel & lodging$21,02117%
- Food & beverage$1,8191%
- Education$4700%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 17 | $45,223 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 19 | $37,608 |
| Vertex | 9 | $17,742 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $7,344 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 16 | $6,743 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $4,655 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $2,375 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 2 | $148 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 1 | $135 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 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
$121,986 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 756 nephrology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amlodipine Besylate | 18 | $115 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $67 |
| Losartan Potassium | 12 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in Jacksonville
- Jeremy CarlsonJacksonville$105K
- Craig ShapiroJacksonville$57K
- Hani WadeiJacksonville$53K
- Deborah PriceJacksonville$15K
- Tambi JarmiJacksonville$12K
- Arvind MadanOrlando$943K
- John CopleyWeston$934K
- Jorge LarranagaKissimmee$825K
- Carlos BejarFort Lauderdale$530K
- Wayne KotzkerFort Lauderdale$472K
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.