Lalarukh Haider, MD
Nephrology · Farmington, CTNPI 1871516054
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.1%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 42.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $366 and has fallen 61.8% since, to $140 in 2025.
Across 21 payments — averaging $59.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$535
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$212
- Abbott$137
- Cook Medical LLC$115
- Novartis$94
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$75
- plus $86 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$20016%
- Food & beverage$65352%
- Education$40032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 6 | $535 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $212 |
| Abbott | 1 | $137 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $115 |
| Novartis | 2 | $94 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $11 |
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.
- FARXIGA$200
- CARDIOMEMS$137
- Zilver PTX$115
- SOLIRIS$100
How this compares
$1,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 144 nephrology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 19 | $25,324 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 17 | $15,336 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 11 | $6,003 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 19 | $3,784 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 11 | $1,376 |
| Calcitriol | 58 | $910 |
| Calcium Acetate | 17 | $589 |
| Furosemide | 59 | $223 |
| Losartan Potassium | 40 | $214 |
| Allopurinol | 28 | $189 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 42 | $132 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 22 | $89 |
| Carvedilol | 13 | $58 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $535 | $31,32730 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 65th percentile of 144 nephrology providers in Connecticut.
Other nephrology in Farmington
- Yanlin WangFarmington$5K
- Robert AlpernNew Haven$4.9M
- Ari GellerBloomfield$209K
- Richard FormicaNew Haven$198K
- Stefan SomloNew Haven$111K
- James GavinTrumbull$103K
- Fredric FinkelsteinNew Haven$70K
- Justin BelcherNew Haven$59K
- David SimonOrange$59K
- Ladan GolestanehNew Haven$54K
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.