Jay Patel, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1932479953
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC at 50.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $121 and has fallen 52.4% since, to $57 in 2025.
Across 4 payments — averaging $67.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$136
- Medtronic$121
- Inogen, Inc.$13
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$13450%
- Education$13650%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $136 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $121 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$271 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 43 hospice and palliative medicine providers in Arizona.
See all hospice and palliative medicine providers in Arizona →
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 | 11 | $6,447 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $1,492 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 55 | $1,087 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 38 | $527 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $518 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $432 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $394 |
| Baclofen | 15 | $324 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $240 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 12 | $220 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $211 |
| Pyridostigmine Bromide | 12 | $151 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 11 | $124 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospice and palliative medicine in Phoenix
- Tom FinkelsteinPhoenix$1K
- Joel EdelsteinPhoenix$1K
- Bianca BrunelliPhoenix$996
- Anne HendersonPhoenix$878
- Marla RejbiPhoenix$606
- Rajiv SiddaramuPhoenix$443
- Girish SwaminathPhoenix$295
- Kristina BalanguePhoenix$281
- Brian GansPhoenix$198
- Oliver WaldropPhoenix$79
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.