Nilesh Patel, MD
Hospitalist · Baltimore, MDNPI 1710099262
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 165 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 25.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $698 and has fallen 56.0% since, to $307 in 2025. Among hospitalist clinicians in MD 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 165 payments — averaging $20.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$858
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$562
- Pfizer$343
- AbbVie$340
- Novartis$274
- AstraZeneca$268
- plus $741 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,387100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 44 | $858 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 32 | $562 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $343 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $340 |
| Novartis | 13 | $274 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 11 | $268 |
| Merck | 7 | $125 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $111 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $105 |
| Gilead | 4 | $91 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $37 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $29 |
| Amgen | 1 | $27 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- ELIQUIS$111
How this compares
$3,387 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 414 hospitalist providers in Maryland.
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 hospitalist in Baltimore
- Eric RitterBaltimore$94K
- Francoise MarvelBaltimore$63K
- Anweshan SamantaBaltimore$24K
- Turja ChakrabartiBaltimore$6K
- Ajay HoodaBaltimore$5K
- Manu MysoreBaltimore$4K
- Ravitej KhunkhunBaltimore$3K
- Ericka CampbellBaltimore$3K
- Nebiyu EshetuBaltimore$3K
- Wael SultanBaltimore$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.