Neel Patel, MD
Hospitalist · Newport News, VANPI 1659730281
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $644 of the $964 with a category attached, or 66.8%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 33.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $560 and has fallen 76.4% since, to $132 in 2025. Among hospitalist clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 23 payments — averaging $41.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$320
- Davol Inc.$132
- BD$121
- Boehringer Ingelheim$112
- Novartis$65
- Johnson & Johnson$53
- plus $161 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$64467%
- Education$32033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $320 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| BD | 1 | $121 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $112 |
| Novartis | 4 | $65 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $53 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $49 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| Amgen | 2 | $28 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- Phasix Mesh$253
- JARDIANCE$112
How this compares
$964 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 539 hospitalist providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 13 | $417 |
| Nitroglycerin | 38 | $351 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 22 | $182 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 45 | $175 |
| Levetiracetam | 20 | $168 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 22 | $146 |
| Carvedilol | 24 | $116 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 12 | $116 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $92 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 23 | $87 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 12 | $43 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 24 | $42 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 26 | $27 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Newport News
- Mohammed AmerNewport News$5K
- Hardik VoraNewport News$725
- Bhavik PatelNewport News$649
- Ivan AlgerNewport News$581
- Nagesh Gollahalli ShivaramaiahNewport News$567
- Ankur PatelNewport News$565
- Yuri MaricichCharlottesville$212K
- Dennis NguyenSpringfield$8K
- Muhammad AfridiWinchester$7K
- Lana WahidRoanoke$6K
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.