RxDoctor Payments Data

Steven Fishbane, MD

Nephrology · Mineola, NYNPI 1730143900

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $168,739 of the $206,838 with a category attached, or 81.6%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 44.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $54,841 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $1,222 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in NY 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.

$206,838in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 132 payments — averaging $1566.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$92K
  • GSK$48K
  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$26K
  • Rockwell Medical, Inc.$9K
  • Vifor Pharma, Inc.$8K
  • Ardelyx, Inc.$6K
  • plus $18K from 8 others
$800,844in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 210 payments — averaging $3813.54 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.

  • AstraZeneca$291K
  • Akebia Therapeutics Inc$136K
  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$133K
  • Gilead$122K
  • CSL Behring$44K
  • Astrazeneca AB$34K
  • plus $41K from 4 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$168,73982%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$20,96610%
  • Travel & lodging$15,7128%
  • Food & beverage$1,3361%
  • Education$850%

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

$206,838 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 935 nephrology providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$85,399
Medicare patients
172
Services billed
1,102

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol18$17,293
LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate18$13,088
Calcium Acetate17$1,109
Losartan Potassium46$439
Amlodipine Besylate56$338
Metoprolol Succinate13$281
Atorvastatin Calcium18$253
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim12$201
Torsemide25$201
Prednisone30$185
Famotidine14$181
Furosemide22$151

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
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma$91,700$30,38136 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 935 nephrology providers in New York.

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