Shyam Verma, MD
Nephrology · Titusville, FLNPI 1538358429
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 88 payments — averaging $22.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$533
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$351
- Amgen$277
- AstraZeneca$170
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$165
- Boehringer Ingelheim$156
- plus $309 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,81993%
- Education$1427%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 24 | $533 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 14 | $351 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 12 | $277 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $170 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 7 | $165 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $156 |
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $53 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $31 |
| GSK | 1 | $29 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,961 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 756 nephrology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 18 | $15,101 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 30 | $7,948 |
| ClinolipidFat Emulsion/Olive/Soy/Phospho | 27 | $5,106 |
| Calcium Acetate | 21 | $2,303 |
| Torsemide | 48 | $2,029 |
| ProsolParenteral Amino Acid 20% No.1 | 15 | $1,663 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 23 | $814 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 44 | $770 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 19 | $605 |
| Losartan Potassium | 36 | $292 |
| Bumetanide | 16 | $273 |
| Carvedilol | 31 | $233 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $205 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $138 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 11 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in Titusville
- Thomas MarburyOrlando$41.1M
- Julio VijilHollywood$16.1M
- Steven ZeigHollywood$14.3M
- Oscar GalvezMiami$14.2M
- Jesus NavarroTampa$13.3M
- Arvind MadanOrlando$9.7M
- David HalpertAtlantis$4.2M
- Wayne KotzkerFort Lauderdale$3.4M
- Edouard MartinLauderdale Lakes$2.7M
- Jorge PosadaCoral Gables$2.5M
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.