Rehan Shafique, MD
Nephrology · Memphis, TNNPI 1851510143
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.0% of the total across 311 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 311 payments — averaging $21.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$793
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$729
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$713
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$602
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$468
- Bayer$366
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,21492%
- Education$5438%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 43 | $793 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 38 | $729 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 32 | $713 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 30 | $602 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 27 | $468 |
| Bayer | 29 | $366 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 10 | $342 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 11 | $302 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 14 | $260 |
| Amgen | 12 | $254 |
| Novartis | 10 | $253 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $250 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 13 | $240 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 4 | $167 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $140 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| GSK | 6 | $131 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $104 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 1 | $77 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 3 | $62 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 2 | $57 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $36 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $17 |
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
$6,758 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 229 nephrology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 55 | $173,921 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 45 | $47,853 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 33 | $19,935 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 14 | $19,749 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 14 | $10,852 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 26 | $9,457 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 54 | $8,644 |
| ProsolParenteral Amino Acid 20% No.1 | 31 | $4,790 |
| Calcitriol | 72 | $1,704 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 66 | $1,037 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 152 | $881 |
| Calcium Acetate | 12 | $801 |
| Potassium Chloride | 46 | $782 |
| Losartan Potassium | 82 | $716 |
| Carvedilol | 61 | $661 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $602 | $173,92155 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $793 | $67,78878 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $366 | $10,85214 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 80th percentile of 229 nephrology providers in Tennessee.
Other nephrology in Memphis
- Omar HamzeMemphis$90K
- Omar DavisMemphis$70K
- Natarsha GrantMemphis$53K
- Marc StegmanMemphis$41K
- Robert CanadaMemphis$20K
- Minesh PathakMemphis$14K
- Miklos MolnarMemphis$12K
- Wael HusseinMemphis$10K
- Sanjeev MittalMemphis$9K
- Vasanthi BalaramanMemphis$8K
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.