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Velphoro

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Velphoro. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$1.2Massociated payments (2023-2025)
4,770clinicians with associated payments
3companies reporting

By year

2023 $480K
2024 $474K
2025 $263K

Payments reported as associated with Velphoro, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $577K
Gerontology (Nurse Practitioner) $168K
Family $151K
Nurse Practitioner $109K
Internal Medicine $46K
Acute Care (Nurse Practitioner) $45K

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Velphoro

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Velphoro. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Flavius Nascimento Coral Springs, FL Gerontology (Nurse Practitioner) $164,884.86
Anjay Rastogi Los Angeles, CA Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $70,896.12
Rodolfo Batarse Rancho Mirage, CA Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $49,261.23
Luis Alvarez Palo Alto, CA Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $45,291.81
Darlena Banas South Miami, FL Family $37,679.90
Precious Hodges Lafayette, LA Acute Care (Nurse Practitioner) $36,840.38
Kimi Prentice Ewa Beach, HI Nurse Practitioner $30,884.28
Kevin Griffiths Washington, DC Internal Medicine $28,310.47
Lindsey Spencer Cincinnati, OH Family $26,443.23
Joseph Ogunsulire Seneca, SC Hospitalist $24,325.36

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.