Dhruv Patel, MD
Neurology · Lorain, OHNPI 1699740613
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,181 payments — averaging $340.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$100K
- Amgen$84K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$45K
- Sanofi$39K
- MDD US Operations, LLC$25K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$22K
- plus $86K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,3586%
- Speaking & faculty fees$343,75986%
- Travel & lodging$7,1062%
- Food & beverage$25,2586%
- Education$5330%
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.
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
$402,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ApokynApomorphine Hcl | 18 | $593,731 |
| AubagioTeriflunomide | 26 | $242,510 |
| XywavSodium,calcium,mag,pot Oxybate | 12 | $205,733 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 40 | $200,006 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 21 | $187,656 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 113 | $172,187 |
| CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate | 26 | $136,828 |
| Teriflunomide | 94 | $134,636 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 102 | $121,618 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 82 | $116,400 |
| BetaseronInterferon Beta-1b | 12 | $115,158 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 24 | $112,950 |
| Avonex (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a | 14 | $111,440 |
| AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate | 32 | $71,386 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 50 | $64,617 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Copaxone, Austedo | $45,152 | $249,77850 claims |
| SanofiAubagio | $39,426 | $242,51026 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $243 | $187,65621 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $4,570 | $172,187113 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt, Eliquis | $210 | $166,411135 claims |
| BayerBetaseron | $19 | $115,15812 claims |
| BiogenAvonex (4 Pack) | $1,514 | $111,44014 claims |
| AbbVieQulipta, Ubrelvy | $100,058 | $101,00877 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Briviact | $290 | $52,92437 claims |
| Acorda Therapeutics, IncAmpyra | $222 | $50,20312 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary | $86 | $29,48254 claims |
| MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri | $25,004 | $24,89213 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
Other neurology in Lorain
- Joel VandersluisDayton$12.3M
- Jerry MendellColumbus$11.5M
- Lawrence GoldstickDayton$6.9M
- Douglas ScharreColumbus$6.8M
- Robert BermelCleveland$6.4M
- Aaron BosterColumbus$6.3M
- Ryan DrakeCanton$5.5M
- Aram ZabetiCincinnati$5.3M
- Mark StillmanIndependence$4.6M
- Deren HuangNewark$4.6M
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.