Kwabena Ntoso
Nephrology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1003814807
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 4 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC at 41.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for nephrology clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $612.
Across 4 payments — averaging $74.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$125
- AstraZeneca$99
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$49
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$25
Across 219 payments — averaging $2401.19 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.
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$273K
- Dynavax Technologies Corporation$216K
- AstraZeneca$35K
- Amgen$2K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$298100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $125 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $99 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $25 |
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.
- ACTHAR$125
How this compares
$298 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 586 nephrology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other nephrology in Philadelphia
- Rakesh GulatiPhiladelphia$657K
- Raymond TownsendPhiladelphia$357K
- Ellie KelepourisPhiladelphia$287K
- Abdallahsassine GearaPhiladelphia$225K
- Katalin SusztakPhiladelphia$192K
- Debbie Cohen SteinPhiladelphia$112K
- Laura DemberPhiladelphia$110K
- Jonathan HoganPhiladelphia$100K
- Michael YoslovPhiladelphia$79K
- Michael LevinPhiladelphia$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.