Nimesh Patel, MD
Anesthesiology · Florham Park, NJNPI 1679635783
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $1,672 of the $2,524 with a category attached, or 66.3%. Cadwell Industries, Inc accounts for 66.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,687 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $19 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in NJ 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 16 payments — averaging $157.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cadwell Industries, Inc$2K
- Abiomed$334
- Cvrx, Inc.$196
- Edwards Lifesciences$100
- Abbott$78
- Atricure, Inc.$41
- plus $103 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$85134%
- Other$1,67266%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cadwell Industries, Inc | 1 | $1,672 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $334 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $196 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $100 |
| Abbott | 1 | $78 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Merck | 2 | $30 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 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.
How this compares
$2,524 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,430 anesthesiology 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.
Other anesthesiology in Florham Park
- Mohan KulkarniFlorham Park$19K
- Robert DesimoneFlorham Park$7K
- Aryeh ShanderEnglewood$762K
- Ronak DesaiCamden$343K
- Joseph StaufferSkillman$95K
- Baher YanniEast Windsor$82K
- Adam ThalerBerkeley Heights$63K
- Elizabeth RocheWoodcliff Lake$45K
- William LeeSomerset$39K
- Jonathan JaffeMount Holly$36K
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.