Ami Patel
Physician Assistant · Los Gatos, CANPI 1568656593
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 361 payments — averaging $17.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$1K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$897
- AbbVie$745
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$728
- Amgen$375
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$328
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,14597%
- Education$1643%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 87 | $1,273 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 35 | $897 |
| AbbVie | 46 | $745 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 57 | $728 |
| Amgen | 18 | $375 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 13 | $328 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $327 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 26 | $283 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $192 |
| Eisai Inc. | 10 | $135 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 5 | $132 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 6 | $131 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 5 | $125 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Merck | 3 | $66 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $59 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $38 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $36 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $25 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $23 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $18 |
| Organon | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$6,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 12 | $991 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 13 | $396 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 12 | $230 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 25 | $208 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 16 | $145 |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 11 | $30 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Los Gatos
- Julie LamLos Gatos$31K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.