Kiranbhai Patel, PA
Surgical · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1245758242
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,698 of the $2,634 with a category attached, or 64.5%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 47.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,239 and has fallen 78.7% since, to $263 in 2025.
Across 39 payments — averaging $67.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$425
- Abiomed$220
- Johnson & Johnson$149
- Boston Scientific$149
- Edwards Lifesciences$142
- plus $307 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$93636%
- Food & beverage$1,69864%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 15 | $1,242 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $425 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $220 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $149 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $149 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $142 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $106 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $62 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $41 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 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
$2,634 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 130 surgical providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 42 | $320 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 29 | $233 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $144 |
| Potassium Chloride | 22 | $55 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 19 | $55 |
| Furosemide | 20 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Baton Rouge
- Brandie HenryBaton Rouge$6K
- Jonathan FletcherBaton Rouge$5K
- Amanda KwanBaton Rouge$4K
- Alicia VickBaton Rouge$3K
- Valarie ComeauBaton Rouge$3K
- Justin AllenBaton Rouge$3K
- Natalie DupuyBaton Rouge$3K
- Camille WilliamsBaton Rouge$2K
- Kristene OlindeBaton Rouge$2K
- Emily CottonBaton Rouge$2K
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.