Kimone James, MD
Nephrology · Marietta, GANPI 1255521803
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,230 of the $2,025 with a category attached, or 60.7%. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. accounts for 64.1% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,230 and has fallen 78.1% since, to $269 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $72.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$1K
- Novartis$238
- AstraZeneca$163
- Nxstage Medical, Inc.$123
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$61
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$25
- plus $118 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,23061%
- Food & beverage$70935%
- Education$864%
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 Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 2 | $1,297 |
| Novartis | 11 | $238 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $163 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 3 | $123 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
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.
- LOKELMA$117
How this compares
$2,025 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AuryxiaFerric Citrate | 36 | $145,691 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 13 | $72,606 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 55 | $58,609 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 41 | $40,451 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 91 | $18,643 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 180 | $6,196 |
| Torsemide | 79 | $2,862 |
| Losartan Potassium | 247 | $2,465 |
| Calcium Acetate | 24 | $2,182 |
| Carvedilol | 218 | $1,907 |
| Potassium Chloride | 32 | $1,189 |
| Furosemide | 144 | $1,002 |
| Bumetanide | 18 | $895 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 43 | $631 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 29 | $502 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Akebia Therapeutics IncAuryxia | $25 | $145,69136 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $163 | $58,60955 claims |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Valsartan | $20 | $15218 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 55th percentile of 388 nephrology providers in Georgia.
Other nephrology in Marietta
- Salvatore ChillemiMarietta$287K
- Indira ChervuMarietta$12K
- Muhammad JabriMarietta$6K
- Sagar PanseMacon$542K
- Sheldon ShoreAtlanta$474K
- James TumlinLawrenceville$434K
- Christina KleinAtlanta$137K
- Mary MuonekeAtlanta$119K
- Don WilliamsonAugusta$104K
- Frederic Rahbari OskouiAtlanta$88K
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.