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AJAY K RACHAKONDA
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AJAY K RACHAKONDA

Listed Specialty: Nephrology
431 S BRIDGE ST, VISALIA, CA, 93277-2801
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DR. AJAY RACHAKONDA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

30

payments

$454

payment total

8

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Food and Beverage
 29 $452
Education
 1 $2

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
AURYXIA

drug

 $174
XARELTO

drug

 $79
VELPHORO

drug

 $76
VELTASSA

drug

 $37
JYNARQUE

drug

 $32
SAMSCA

drug

 $32
ELIQUIS

drug

 $20
RAYALDEE

drug

 $20
JARDIANCE

drug

 $17
TRADJENTA

drug

 $17
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
May 30, 2018 $58 VELPHORO Food and Beverage FRESENIUS USA MARKETING, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $23 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 17, 2018 $21 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 30, 2018 $20 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
May 4, 2018 $20 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Nov 30, 2018 $20 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Dec 5, 2018 $20 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 9, 2018 $20 RAYALDEE Food and Beverage OPKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Jun 20, 2018 $19 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $18 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $18 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $17 SAMSCA JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $17 VELPHORO Food and Beverage FRESENIUS USA MARKETING, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $17 TRADJENTA JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $17 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $17 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $16 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $15 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $15 SAMSCA JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $14 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 13, 2018 $12 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Mar 28, 2018 $11 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 13, 2018 $8 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $2 AURYXIA Education KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $2 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $1 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $1 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 15, 2018 $1 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $1 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.