Nimish Naik, MD
Nephrology · Wexford, PANPI 1508910159
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $73,207 of the $109,366 with a category attached, or 66.9%. Akebia Therapeutics Inc accounts for 96.3% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $50,859, 3.1 times the $16,586 reported in 2019. Among nephrology clinicians in PA 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 472 payments — averaging $231.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$105K
- Amgen$2K
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$552
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$448
- AstraZeneca$355
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$316
- plus $917 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,3004%
- Speaking & faculty fees$73,20767%
- Travel & lodging$22,75021%
- Food & beverage$9,0398%
- Education$690%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 301 | $105,266 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 52 | $1,512 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 42 | $552 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 18 | $448 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $355 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $316 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 9 | $174 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 3 | $143 |
| Bayer | 6 | $104 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $80 |
| Novartis | 3 | $79 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $49 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 3 | $48 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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
$109,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 586 nephrology providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JynarqueTolvaptan | 13 | $246,071 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 18 | $54,897 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 26 | $30,793 |
| AuryxiaFerric Citrate | 13 | $20,767 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 24 | $13,059 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 53 | $5,921 |
| Calcium Acetate | 59 | $3,251 |
| Bumetanide | 23 | $2,015 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 56 | $1,834 |
| Allopurinol | 117 | $1,294 |
| Calcitriol | 75 | $1,139 |
| Furosemide | 158 | $961 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 127 | $757 |
| Potassium Chloride | 25 | $739 |
| Losartan Potassium | 59 | $629 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Jynarque | $316 | $246,07113 claims |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $174 | $54,89718 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $355 | $30,79326 claims |
| Akebia Therapeutics IncAuryxia | $105,266 | $20,76713 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 586 nephrology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other nephrology in Wexford
- Nelson KopytAllentown$949K
- Christopher GislerPittsburgh$757K
- Rakesh GulatiPhiladelphia$657K
- Raymond TownsendPhiladelphia$357K
- Prince AnandDanville$331K
- Ellie KelepourisPhiladelphia$287K
- Jonathan DiamondHarrisburg$249K
- Abdallahsassine GearaPhiladelphia$225K
- Khaled NasharPittsburgh$198K
- Katalin SusztakPhiladelphia$192K
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.