Liang Wu, MD
Nephrology · Meridian, IDNPI 1073776258
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $385,333 of the $385,528 with a category attached, or 99.9%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by CSL Plasma Inc. at 52.4% of the total. Among nephrology clinicians in ID with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 350 payments — averaging $1101.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CSL Plasma Inc.$202K
- CSL Behring$183K
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$108
- Amgen$57
- Bayer$17
- AstraZeneca$13
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$385,333100%
- Food & beverage$1310%
- Education$640%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CSL Plasma Inc. | 182 | $201,895 |
| CSL Behring | 154 | $183,438 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $108 |
| Amgen | 3 | $57 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$385,528 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 30 nephrology providers in Idaho.
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 | 102 | $91,160 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 19 | $67,108 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 35 | $35,587 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 78 | $18,297 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 34 | $5,634 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $5,611 |
| ClinolipidFat Emulsion/Olive/Soy/Phospho | 14 | $3,971 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 23 | $3,515 |
| Potassium Chloride | 44 | $2,592 |
| Losartan Potassium | 244 | $2,501 |
| Calcitriol | 91 | $2,152 |
| Allopurinol | 230 | $2,078 |
| Calcium Acetate | 21 | $1,836 |
| Bumetanide | 24 | $1,643 |
| Furosemide | 166 | $1,606 |
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 | $13 | $91,160102 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 95th percentile of 30 nephrology providers in Idaho.
Other nephrology in Meridian
- Arnold SilvaMeridian$626K
- Mary DittrichMeridian$7K
- Kevin MitchellMeridian$679
- Amanda HallMeridian$354
- Jerry MengMeridian$274
- Amit SharmaMeridian$252
- Aaron FeardayMeridian$198
- Robert DavidsonMeridian$108
- Shaun JoshiHayden$5K
- Heidi JoistNampa$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.