Judith Betts
Nephrology · Austin, TXNPI 1992735120
Payments from drug & device makers
$3,708,908in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 545 payments — averaging $6805.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CSL Behring$1.7M
- AstraZeneca$905K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$368K
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$270K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$220K
- GSK$146K
- plus $110K from 21 others
General payments by program year
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
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 | 69 | $1,689,622 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 44 | $905,394 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 19 | $368,145 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 132 | $270,352 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 1 | $219,656 |
| GSK | 56 | $145,844 |
| Bayer | 42 | $35,997 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 64 | $20,969 |
| Biogen | 2 | $19,834 |
| Gilead | 4 | $15,098 |
| Hoffmann-la Roche Limited | 3 | $13,950 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 20 | $891 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 14 | $747 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 14 | $713 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 22 | $409 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $360 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 7 | $274 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 8 | $153 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 7 | $107 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $50 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Novartis | 1 | $32 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Outset Medical Inc | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$3,708,908 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,070 nephrology providers in Texas.
Other nephrology in Austin
- Margaret CookAustin$1.1M
- Pablo PergolaSan Antonio$14.2M
- German HernandezEl Paso$9.7M
- Sreedhar MandayamHouston$7M
- Tahira AlvesSan Antonio$6.1M
- Carl DukesSan Antonio$5.9M
- Chinonye Ogbonnaya-OdorSan Antonio$4.6M
- Marializa BernardoHouston$4.2M
- Wesley CalhounSan Antonio$3.5M
- Adam FromeThe Woodlands$3.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.