Amita Shimpi Bhalla, MD
Sleep Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1043252448
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 78 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 40.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $743 and has fallen 87.2% since, to $95 in 2025.
Across 78 payments — averaging $26.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$840
- Johnson & Johnson$384
- Boston Scientific$310
- AstraZeneca$136
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$111
- Novartis$102
- plus $199 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,083100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $840 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $384 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $310 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $136 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 3 | $111 |
| Novartis | 7 | $102 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $21 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $18 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$2,083 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 112 sleep medicine providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other sleep medicine in Houston
- Amit VermaHouston$493K
- Jerald SimmonsHouston$165K
- Leon RosenthalHouston$6K
- Kevin LinHouston$4K
- Calli BertschyHouston$3K
- Annise WilsonHouston$2K
- Aparajitha VermaHouston$2K
- Cindy JonHouston$2K
- Meer AhmedHouston$2K
- Mauro Mendez BaylonHouston$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.