RxDoctor Payments Data

Matthias Kretzler

Nephrology · Ann Arbor, MINPI 1710990916

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $57,046 of the $70,309 with a category attached, or 81.1%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH at 29.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $17,423 and has fallen 53.5% since, to $8,106 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in MI 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.

$70,309in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 89 payments — averaging $789.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$20K
  • Novo Nordisk AS$11K
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$10K
  • Regeneron$6K
  • Gilead$6K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$6K
  • plus $10K from 7 others
$7,687,561in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 40 payments — averaging $192,189 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.

  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1.9M
  • Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$1.8M
  • Astrazeneca AB$894K
  • F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$796K
  • Gilead$775K
  • Regeneron$505K
  • plus $1M from 6 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$57,04681%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$1,3252%
  • Travel & lodging$9,15513%
  • Food & beverage$2,7834%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$70,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 325 nephrology providers in Michigan.

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