James Chevalier, MD
Nephrology · New York, NYNPI 1093779936
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Travere Therapeutics, Inc. at 56.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $200,952, more than ten times the $654 reported in 2019. Among nephrology clinicians in NY 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 298 payments — averaging $677.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$114K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$79K
- Vertex$6K
- Novartis$2K
- AstraZeneca$286
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$160
- plus $656 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$68,36234%
- Speaking & faculty fees$96,19148%
- Travel & lodging$30,51115%
- Food & beverage$6,6443%
- Education$2600%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 158 | $114,045 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 92 | $78,533 |
| Vertex | 2 | $6,062 |
| Novartis | 2 | $2,225 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 11 | $286 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 7 | $154 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 6 | $102 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 5 | $88 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $32 |
| GSK | 1 | $23 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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
$201,969 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 935 nephrology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 35 | $35,209 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 19 | $15,599 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $13,067 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 22 | $3,327 |
| Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate | 16 | $1,742 |
| Valsartan | 21 | $537 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 19 | $449 |
| Spironolactone | 20 | $426 |
| Allopurinol | 30 | $360 |
| Losartan Potassium | 32 | $346 |
| Vitamin D2Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 14 | $338 |
| Torsemide | 20 | $334 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 74 | $295 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 37 | $260 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 20 | $157 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $286 | $35,20935 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 95th percentile of 935 nephrology providers in New York.
Other nephrology in New York
- Gerald AppelNew York$842K
- Richard ChanNew York$514K
- Steven CocaNew York$445K
- Jai RadhakrishnanNew York$369K
- Girish NadkarniNew York$281K
- David CharytanNew York$164K
- Kirk CampbellNew York$152K
- Andrew BombackNew York$106K
- Alan PerlmanNew York$101K
- Phyllis AugustNew York$97K
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.