Kiran Padigala, MD
Nephrology · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1639185473
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 239 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 239 payments — averaging $27.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$941
- AstraZeneca$752
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$647
- Novartis$475
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$406
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$374
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,36899%
- Education$951%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 32 | $941 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 30 | $752 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 20 | $647 |
| Novartis | 12 | $475 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 21 | $406 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 13 | $374 |
| Bayer | 16 | $374 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $294 |
| GSK | 9 | $279 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 13 | $244 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $221 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 9 | $188 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $177 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $175 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 7 | $170 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $118 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $102 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 2 | $89 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $57 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Scpharmaceuticals 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.
How this compares
$6,463 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 206 nephrology providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 46 | $152,742 |
| AuryxiaFerric Citrate | 54 | $114,451 |
| XphozahTenapanor Hcl | 18 | $59,148 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 52 | $34,763 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 29 | $18,550 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 45 | $8,821 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $6,352 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 126 | $2,061 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 26 | $644 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 52 | $528 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 126 | $427 |
| Losartan Potassium | 70 | $423 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 24 | $312 |
| Torsemide | 17 | $288 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 17 | $279 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $406 | $152,74246 claims |
| Akebia Therapeutics IncAuryxia | $170 | $114,45154 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $57 | $34,76352 claims |
| AstraZenecaLokelma, Farxiga | $752 | $24,90241 claims |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Valsartan | $221 | $23313 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 80th percentile of 206 nephrology providers in Louisiana.
Other nephrology in Baton Rouge
- Jones SamuelBaton Rouge$207K
- Michael RoppoloBaton Rouge$13K
- Robert LandryBaton Rouge$13K
- Raynold CoronaBaton Rouge$12K
- Damodar KumbalaBaton Rouge$10K
- Christopher LuscyBaton Rouge$6K
- Kenneth SmithBaton Rouge$5K
- James YeggeBaton Rouge$5K
- Mahesh BasireddyBaton Rouge$5K
- William MurrillBaton Rouge$4K
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.