Frank Newby
Nephrology · Dalton, GANPI 1801889696
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.3% of the total across 474 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 474 payments — averaging $17.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$996
- AstraZeneca$941
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$846
- Amgen$740
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$629
- Bayer$623
- plus $4K from 30 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $6564.59 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.
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$46K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,24197%
- Education$2273%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 102 | $996 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 51 | $941 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 39 | $846 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 38 | $740 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 29 | $629 |
| Bayer | 34 | $623 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 28 | $508 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 29 | $440 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 18 | $363 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $312 |
| Novartis | 10 | $252 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $209 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 10 | $208 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 10 | $205 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 6 | $164 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 4 | $103 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $100 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $86 |
| GSK | 6 | $85 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $83 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $64 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Cormedix Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $44 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $38 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $22 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Strongbridge US Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$8,468 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 388 nephrology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XphozahTenapanor Hcl | 64 | $196,823 |
| RayaldeeCalcifediol | 76 | $93,138 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 51 | $50,513 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 53 | $41,187 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 90 | $1,707 |
| Allopurinol | 181 | $1,646 |
| Furosemide | 209 | $1,609 |
| Chlorthalidone | 73 | $1,454 |
| Potassium Chloride | 90 | $1,453 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 19 | $1,388 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 189 | $1,305 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 55 | $1,237 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 45 | $1,075 |
| Losartan Potassium | 113 | $1,059 |
| Lisinopril | 124 | $898 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLCRayaldee | $996 | $93,13876 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $941 | $50,51351 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $623 | $41,18753 claims |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Valsartan | $209 | $74327 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 85th percentile of 388 nephrology providers in Georgia.
Other nephrology in Dalton
- Rafael DuchesneDalton$8K
- Sagar PanseMacon$542K
- Sheldon ShoreAtlanta$474K
- James TumlinLawrenceville$434K
- Salvatore ChillemiMarietta$287K
- Christina KleinAtlanta$137K
- Mary MuonekeAtlanta$119K
- Don WilliamsonAugusta$104K
- Frederic Rahbari OskouiAtlanta$88K
- Rajendran AlappanColumbus$87K
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.