Song Ching Ong
Nephrology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1104080803
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $22,353 of the $35,879 with a category attached, or 62.3%. Amgen accounts for 83.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $12,313 and has fallen 56.9% since, to $5,312 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in AL 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.
Across 40 payments — averaging $896.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$30K
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$5K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$409
- AstraZeneca$325
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$119
- Novartis$111
- plus $139 from 2 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $58,051 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.
- Novartis$116K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,24426%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,35362%
- Travel & lodging$2,8378%
- Food & beverage$1,2784%
- Education$1680%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 26 | $30,070 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 3 | $4,706 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $409 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $325 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Novartis | 2 | $111 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
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.
- PROCYSBI$29,633
- TARPEYO$4,706
- THYMOGLOBULIN$241
- ULTOMIRIS$175
- SOLIRIS$150
- LIVTENCITY$119
- ACTHAR$101
How this compares
$35,879 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 164 nephrology providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 65 | $18,213 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 19 | $15,458 |
| EliquisApixaban | 13 | $8,174 |
| Valganciclovir Hcl | 37 | $8,018 |
| Tacrolimus | 45 | $7,830 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 11 | $6,115 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 39 | $5,172 |
| Prednisone | 334 | $3,019 |
| Entecavir | 15 | $2,964 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 137 | $2,502 |
| Leflunomide | 40 | $2,499 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 296 | $2,428 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 75 | $2,006 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 221 | $1,954 |
| Carvedilol | 231 | $1,894 |
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 | $325 | $15,45819 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 164 nephrology providers in Alabama.
Other nephrology in Birmingham
- Dana RizkBirmingham$196K
- Eric WallaceBirmingham$172K
- David WarnockBirmingham$128K
- Michal MrugBirmingham$73K
- Vineeta KumarBirmingham$59K
- Ashita TolwaniBirmingham$56K
- Orlando GutierrezBirmingham$26K
- Ammar AlmehmiBirmingham$26K
- Jared CookBirmingham$25K
- Timmy LeeBirmingham$25K
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.