Jay Desai
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1518990415
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,147 of the $2,326 with a category attached, or 92.3%. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 82.9% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,950 and has fallen 82.2% since, to $347 in 2023.
Across 15 payments — averaging $155.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
- Dr.reddy's Laboratories,inc.$347
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$35
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$15
Across 15 payments — averaging $81,384 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novartis$1.1M
- UCB SA$68K
- Neurelis, Inc.$51K
- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.$45K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,14792%
- Food & beverage$1446%
- Education$351%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $1,929 |
| Dr.reddy's Laboratories,inc. | 1 | $347 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 11 | $35 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises 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.
- SYMPAZAN$1,929
How this compares
$2,326 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 216 neurology with special qualifications in child neurology providers in California.
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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.