Scott Solcher, MD
Nephrology · Topeka, KSNPI 1831127455
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Travere Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 84.2% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among nephrology clinicians in KS 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 123 payments — averaging $372.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$39K
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$5K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$145
- AstraZeneca$96
- Amgen$52
- plus $143 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,74323%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,31049%
- Travel & lodging$8,97420%
- Food & beverage$3,8078%
- Education$330%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 85 | $38,633 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 16 | $5,032 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $1,765 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $145 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $96 |
| Amgen | 3 | $52 |
| Novartis | 2 | $35 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, 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
$45,867 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 55 nephrology providers in Kansas.
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 | 26 | $57,589 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 23 | $28,286 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 21 | $21,731 |
| Tacrolimus | 15 | $9,437 |
| Mycophenolic AcidMycophenolate Sodium | 15 | $6,656 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 34 | $6,336 |
| Calcium Acetate | 52 | $3,052 |
| Clonidine | 11 | $1,516 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 16 | $1,235 |
| Potassium Chloride | 28 | $1,085 |
| Metolazone | 22 | $846 |
| Furosemide | 113 | $625 |
| Losartan Potassium | 62 | $581 |
| Carvedilol | 69 | $473 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 16 | $451 |
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 | $12 | $57,58926 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $96 | $28,28623 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 55 nephrology providers in Kansas.
Other nephrology in Topeka
- Thomas AldersonTopeka$353
- Lakshmi DuvvurTopeka$326
- Keelyn EricsonTopeka$256
- Edgard WehbeWichita$49K
- Aditi GuptaKansas City$16K
- Alan YuKansas City$16K
- Ahmad TuffahaKansas City$15K
- Brian PaveySalina$14K
- Diane CibrikKansas City$12K
- Dennis RossWichita$12K
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.