Kinjal Patel
Podiatrist · Charlotte, NCNPI 1629323175
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,572 of the $2,566 with a category attached, or 61.3%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Triad Life Sciences Inc. at 53.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,435 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $29 in 2025.
Across 82 payments — averaging $31.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$1K
- Convatec Inc.$448
- Amgen$87
- Genentech USA, Inc.$74
- UCB, Inc.$71
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$62
- plus $449 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$99439%
- Food & beverage$1,57261%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 10 | $1,376 |
| Convatec Inc. | 26 | $448 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $87 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 5 | $62 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $46 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $39 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $30 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $28 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| Koya Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Novartis | 2 | $27 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $12 |
| GSK | 1 | $12 |
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.
- InnovaMatrix AC$1,396
How this compares
$2,566 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 109 podiatrist providers in North Carolina.
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.
Other podiatrist in Charlotte
- William WeilyCharlotte$11K
- Richard LindCharlotte$8K
- Nicholas MillerCharlotte$4K
- Thomas WhitfieldCharlotte$3K
- Jordan MeyersRaleigh$343K
- Christopher GaulandGreenville$56K
- Scott MartinRocky Mount$14K
- Gretchen LawrenceForest City$12K
- Kristin KirbyHuntersville$10K
- Robert PrzynoschWaynesville$9K
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.