Rachita Prakash, MD
Nephrology · Denver, CONPI 1619141017
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. accounts for 63.3% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,286 and has fallen 90.0% since, to $229 in 2025.
Across 41 payments — averaging $75.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$2K
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$270
- Amgen$194
- GSK$191
- AstraZeneca$100
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$92
- plus $288 from 11 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $4451.25 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.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$20K
- Novartis$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,70055%
- Food & beverage$1,37044%
- Education$171%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 5 | $1,953 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $270 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $194 |
| GSK | 5 | $191 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $100 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $45 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Outset Medical Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $23 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,087 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 152 nephrology providers in Colorado.
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 | 82 | $78,736 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 17 | $36,681 |
| Calcium Acetate | 36 | $2,383 |
| Eplerenone | 15 | $2,377 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 13 | $1,445 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $905 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 11 | $740 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 94 | $609 |
| Furosemide | 48 | $542 |
| Allopurinol | 65 | $500 |
| Labetalol Hcl | 17 | $474 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 52 | $425 |
| Lisinopril | 72 | $409 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 38 | $404 |
| Spironolactone | 29 | $356 |
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 | $100 | $78,73682 claims |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $92 | $36,68117 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 75th percentile of 152 nephrology providers in Colorado.
Other nephrology in Denver
- Laura KooiengaDenver$82K
- Brad MarderDenver$77K
- Maria VelezDenver$47K
- Jessica KendrickDenver$20K
- Bijan RoshanDenver$8K
- Michael ShapiroDenver$6K
- James DylewskiDenver$4K
- Elizabeth KernDenver$2K
- Kajal RaoDenver$1K
- Geoffrey BlockLone Tree$726K
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.