Mehul Kumar Patel, MD
Infectious Disease · Atlantic City, NJNPI 1376951004
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 52 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 24.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $324, more than ten times the $22 reported in 2020.
Across 52 payments — averaging $16.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$203
- AbbVie$187
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$135
- Merck$119
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$88
- Theratechnologies Inc.$68
- plus $35 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$836100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 14 | $203 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $187 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $135 |
| Merck | 7 | $119 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $88 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$836 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 334 infectious disease providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 12 | $46,836 |
| Rifampin | 16 | $1,107 |
| Cefazolin Sodium | 32 | $1,085 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 22 | $530 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 24 | $461 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $369 |
| Amoxicillin | 11 | $106 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other infectious disease in Atlantic City
- Keith GottesdienerRahway$2.1M
- Jihad SlimNewark$2.1M
- Maria SzabelaNewark$474K
- Ronald NahassHillsborough$213K
- Christopher LucastiSomers Point$112K
- Spartaco BellomoJersey City$111K
- Jack BoghossianBayonne$97K
- Adriana GrigoriuJersey City$89K
- Sukrut DwivediOakhurst$75K
- Bindu BalaniHackensack$65K
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.