Himax Patel
Internal Medicine · Augusta, GANPI 1790309227
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.5% of the total across 67 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.0% of the total.
Across 67 payments — averaging $43.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$926
- Boston Scientific$257
- Abiomed$238
- Novartis$236
- Cvrx, Inc.$229
- Abbott$219
- plus $790 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,79597%
- Education$1013%
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 | 11 | $926 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $257 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $238 |
| Novartis | 10 | $236 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $229 |
| Abbott | 5 | $219 |
| Stryker | 6 | $180 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $141 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $52 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $51 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $31 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$2,895 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Valsartan | 11 | $121 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 24 | $104 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 21 | $99 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 | $88 |
| Carvedilol | 20 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.