Atish Patel
Internal Medicine · Dallas, TXNPI 1073810990
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $14,756 of the $17,781 with a category attached, or 83.0%. Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. accounts for 84.8% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,418, more than ten times the $62 reported in 2019. Among internal medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 57 payments — averaging $311.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$15K
- Abbott$1K
- Boston Scientific$851
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$125
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$116
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$108
- plus $204 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,75683%
- Travel & lodging$3262%
- Food & beverage$2,70015%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 4 | $15,082 |
| Abbott | 30 | $1,296 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $851 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $116 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $108 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $67 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $31 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Evoke$14,998
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$842
- PROCLAIM$392
- ENSITE$159
- ETERNA$110
How this compares
$17,781 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,675 internal 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 50 | $29,132 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 14 | $7,788 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 33 | $1,077 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 46 | $777 |
| Cefdinir | 46 | $690 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 93 | $566 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $386 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 49 | $246 |
| Losartan Potassium | 52 | $242 |
| Sucralfate | 12 | $181 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 18 | $179 |
| Methocarbamol | 30 | $176 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $166 |
| Azithromycin | 49 | $163 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $155 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Dallas
- Marc TribbleDallas$693K
- Gary SinclairDallas$599K
- Han SchmidlyDallas$465K
- Athica VatanapradithDallas$164K
- Nicholaos BellosDallas$113K
- Steven HeldDallas$65K
- Amit VermaDallas$53K
- Spencer BerthelsenSugar Land$891K
- Hameed AliTemple$773K
- Mohammed Al-NajjarEl Paso$586K
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.