Product Program year 2024 Source: CMS Open Payments

Veltassa

Drug Hyperkalemia

NDC 53436-084-30

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General payments

$2,181,730

46,111 payments

Research payments

$20,223

20 payments

Through program year 2024, $2,181,730 in general payments and $20,223 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

5 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2024 General $309,439 6,262
2023 General $418,026 12,109
2022 General $498,623 12,361
2021 General $955,642 15,379
2021 Research $20,223 20

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2021–2024
  1. Relypsa, Inc. $2,181,730 46,111 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2024
  1. Gates Colbert Nephrology · Dallas, TX $18,059 6% · 19 payments
  2. Carlos Bejar Nephrology · Fort Lauderdale, FL $17,067 6% · 18 payments
  3. Deep Patel Nephrology · Mechanicsville, VA $13,366 4% · 12 payments
  4. Luis Garcia-Mayol Nephrology · Coral Gables, FL $12,385 4% · 38 payments
  5. Kevin Griffiths Internal Medicine · Washington, DC $9,834 3% · 20 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2024.

The top 25 recipients, free in the app

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2024
  1. Nephrology Internal Medicine $218,600 72% · 1,529 practitioners
  2. Nurse Practitioner $19,740 7% · 196 practitioners
  3. Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner $18,101 6% · 266 practitioners
  4. Internal Medicine $16,211 5% · 120 practitioners
  5. Physician Assistant $6,289 2% · 92 practitioners

The top 5 of 51 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2024. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2024
  1. Texas $54,520 18% · 309 recipients
  2. Florida $47,591 15% · 259 recipients
  3. California $31,371 10% · 218 recipients
  4. Pennsylvania $20,681 7% · 222 recipients
  5. Virginia $18,426 6% · 107 recipients

The top 5 of 48 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2024 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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46,111 general · 20 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2024

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