Janice Lea, MD
Nephrology · Atlanta, GANPI 1750391769
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 28.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,480 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $7 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in GA 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 38 payments — averaging $539.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$6K
- Medtronic$5K
- Vertex$4K
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$4K
- Bayer$1K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$61
- plus $69 from 2 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $44,110 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.
- Vertex$220K
- Ardelyx, Inc.$780
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,06059%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,50022%
- Travel & lodging$2,69313%
- Food & beverage$1,1215%
- Education$1311%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $5,835 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $5,367 |
| Vertex | 3 | $3,951 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 5 | $3,936 |
| Bayer | 9 | $1,285 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $53 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Kerendia$882
How this compares
$20,504 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KerendiaFinerenone | 18 | $19,404 |
| ProsolParenteral Amino Acid 20% No.1 | 94 | $14,468 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 59 | $13,307 |
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $10,048 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 65 | $2,792 |
| Calcium Acetate | 21 | $1,723 |
| Clonidine | 24 | $1,636 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 68 | $626 |
| Losartan Potassium | 46 | $586 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 56 | $520 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 17 | $507 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 20 | $499 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 14 | $493 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 42 | $353 |
| Gabapentin | 45 | $343 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BayerKerendia | $1,285 | $19,40418 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 90th percentile of 388 nephrology providers in Georgia.
Other nephrology in Atlanta
- Sheldon ShoreAtlanta$474K
- Christina KleinAtlanta$137K
- Mary MuonekeAtlanta$119K
- Frederic Rahbari OskouiAtlanta$88K
- Tarik LalwaniAtlanta$69K
- Haimanot WasseAtlanta$60K
- Vandana NiyyarAtlanta$11K
- Gautham ViswanathanAtlanta$10K
- Lara WatkinsAtlanta$8K
- Saied MurphyAtlanta$7K
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.