Divyang Patel, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Newport News, VANPI 1043638794
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (33.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 31.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,304, more than ten times the $1,223 reported in 2019.
Across 215 payments — averaging $161.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$11K
- Abbott$9K
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Medtronic$3K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,59710%
- Grants$11,75034%
- Travel & lodging$11,11932%
- Food & beverage$8,01023%
- Education$2291%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 49 | $10,992 |
| Abbott | 26 | $8,672 |
| Boston Scientific | 47 | $7,672 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 45 | $3,266 |
| Philips North America LLC | 8 | $1,594 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,471 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 22 | $690 |
| Stryker | 1 | $103 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $41 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $40 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Carto 3$11,600
- EMBLEM S ICD ELECTRODE DELIVERY SYSTEM$5,000
- Assurity Pacemaker$3,688
- TactiCath SE$2,813
- AVEIR$1,070
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,059
- (9124) LM Undivided$714
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$478
- Micra$313
- GENERAL EP$158
- ENSITE PRECISION$145
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$142
- PulseSelect$129
- Sentus$127
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$127
- Selectra$127
- Reveal LINQ$126
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$125
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$122
- GALLANT$121
How this compares
$34,706 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 90 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Virginia.
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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 | 238 | $198,596 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 15 | $22,307 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 46 | $3,126 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 12 | $2,291 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 92 | $1,222 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 30 | $816 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 17 | $301 |
| Losartan Potassium | 22 | $239 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 22 | $208 |
| Furosemide | 31 | $119 |
| Chlorthalidone | 11 | $116 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $40 | $198,596238 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 65th percentile of 90 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Virginia.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Newport News
- Erich KiehlNewport News$181K
- Maen Abou ZikiNewport News$35K
- Kenneth EllenbogenRichmond$360K
- Brett AtwaterFairfax$319K
- Oliver MonfrediCharlottesville$231K
- Peem LorvidhayaFredericksburg$230K
- Emmanuel EkanemWinchester$132K
- Pamela MasonCharlottesville$130K
- Ajay PillaiRichmond$129K
- Stephen GaetaFairfax$85K
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.