Vasanthi Balaraman, MD
Nephrology · Memphis, TNNPI 1154688851
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $5,250 of the $7,657 with a category attached, or 68.6%. Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 88.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,247 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $85 in 2024.
Across 18 payments — averaging $425.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$7K
- AstraZeneca$225
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$207
- Sanofi$141
- Novo Nordisk$121
- Daxor Corporation$111
- plus $90 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,25069%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,00013%
- Travel & lodging$4025%
- Food & beverage$91612%
- Education$901%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $6,763 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $225 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $207 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $141 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $121 |
| Daxor Corporation | 1 | $111 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $90 |
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.
- Envarsus$6,652
- THYMOGLOBULIN$263
- RYBELSUS$121
- BVA-100$111
How this compares
$7,657 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PrevymisLetermovir | 30 | $212,384 |
| Valganciclovir Hcl | 108 | $28,618 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 52 | $25,010 |
| Envarsus XrTacrolimus | 13 | $21,088 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 19 | $20,602 |
| EliquisApixaban | 24 | $14,105 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 52 | $9,226 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 11 | $6,060 |
| Fluconazole | 129 | $3,955 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 34 | $2,550 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 19 | $2,038 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 16 | $2,017 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 11 | $1,219 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 196 | $956 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 27 | $918 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $121 | $20,60219 claims |
| AstraZenecaLokelma | $225 | $6,06011 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
- Mark Abi NaderMemphis$7K
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.