RxDoctor Payments Data

Radu Kramer

Nephrology · Paramus, NJNPI 1326036898

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,149 of the $11,299 with a category attached, or 63.3%. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Indivior Inc. at 27.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,973 and has fallen 82.5% since, to $693 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$11,299in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 398 payments — averaging $28.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Indivior Inc.$3K
  • AbbVie$3K
  • Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
  • Amgen$849
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$466
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$269
  • plus $2K from 32 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1,20011%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$1,95017%
  • Travel & lodging$8688%
  • Food & beverage$7,14963%
  • Education$1321%

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

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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

$11,299 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
MounjaroTirzepatide66$73,239
VraylarCariprazine Hcl19$35,406
Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate12$31,413
LinzessLinaclotide31$21,741
ZubsolvBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl19$13,383
MyrbetriqMirabegron22$12,974
EliquisApixaban20$12,913
Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl30$8,656
VyvanseLisdexamfetamine Dimesylate20$7,698
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate23$5,867
OxycontinOxycodone Hcl11$5,052
Testosterone18$4,715
KlonopinClonazepam12$4,121
SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate12$2,690
Nebivolol Hcl36$1,772

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Olanzapine$197$73,64289 claims
AbbVieVraylar, Linzess$3,096$57,14750 claims
Johnson & JohnsonInvega Sustenna$196$31,41312 claims
Orexo US, Inc.Zubsolv$14$13,38319 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$15$12,97422 claims
PfizerEliquis$60$12,91320 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Vyvanse$269$7,69820 claims
AstraZenecaSymbicort$24$2,69012 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 90th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.

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