Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Veltassa

Drug Hyperkalemia

NDC 53436-084-01

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General payments

$3,097,322

27,880 payments

Research payments

$84,078

26 payments

Through program year 2020, $3,097,322 in general payments and $84,078 in research payments were reported against Veltassa (Hyperkalemia).

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

3 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2020 General $748,975 8,998
2020 Research $84,078 26
2019 General $2,348,348 18,882

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Relypsa, Inc. $3,097,322 27,880 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Gates Colbert Nephrology · Dallas, TX $32,205 4% · 64 payments
  2. Ross Nesbit Nephrology · Knoxville, TN $24,285 3% · 51 payments
  3. Murray Epstein Hospitalist · Miami, FL $23,175 3% · 3 payments
  4. Rodolfo Batarse Nephrology · Rancho Mirage, CA $20,047 3% · 58 payments
  5. Rajiv Agarwal Nephrology · Indianapolis, IN $16,000 2% · 1 payment

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

The top 25 recipients, free in the app

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Nephrology Internal Medicine $571,267 78% · 2,243 practitioners
  2. Cardiovascular Disease Internal Medicine $55,787 8% · 182 practitioners
  3. Internal Medicine $32,247 4% · 401 practitioners
  4. Hospitalist $25,803 4% · 67 practitioners
  5. Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Internal Medicine $19,659 3% · 20 practitioners

The top 5 of 63 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2020. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. Texas $104,079 14% · 398 recipients
  2. California $85,862 11% · 303 recipients
  3. New York $60,990 8% · 232 recipients
  4. Pennsylvania $58,830 8% · 187 recipients
  5. Florida $58,723 8% · 164 recipients

The top 5 of 52 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

Prescribed to Medicare patients

Part D · data year 2024

Part D claims

107,301

Prescriptions dispensed, refills included

Drug cost

$114,961,001

Paid at the pharmacy, in all

Prescribers

4,220

With 11 or more claims of it

Medicare Part D drugs matched to Veltassa, 2024
Part D drug Name match Relative to the largest Prescribers Claims Drug cost
Veltassa Patiromer Calcium Sorbitex Same name 4,220 107,301 $114,961,001

Matched to this product by name; CMS does not link its files to Open Payments, so a similar name can be a different strength, form or brand. Prescriber counts include only prescribers with 11 or more claims of the drug, because CMS publishes nothing below that. Part D covers drugs dispensed to Medicare beneficiaries at a pharmacy; it does not include drugs given in a clinic or hospital, or patients with other insurance.

Largest prescribers

First 5 of 100 by claims · 2024

Two separate records. Claims come from Medicare and related payments from Open Payments. They are shown in one row because they name the same product; they do not show that a payment affected a prescription.

The prescribers with the most Part D claims of this drug in 2024
Prescriber Specialty State Claims Drug cost Related payments
Oday Saeed Nephrology CA 408 $456,007 None on record
Luis Garcia-Mayol Nephrology FL 404 $448,770 $12,385
Francisco Pons Internal Medicine FL 383 $373,709 $234
Mohsen El Ramah Internal Medicine CA 269 $262,312 None on record
Sudhir Joshi Nephrology CA 204 $181,532 $20

"No profile" means the prescriber has no Open Payments record here; "None on record" means no payment naming this product in the payment year. Related payments are general payments, and one that names several products is split evenly, so an amount is payments related to the product, not money paid for it. The list is the prescribers with the most claims, up to 100 per drug.

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27,880 general · 26 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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