Palak Patel
Family · Orlando, FLNPI 1164958112
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.5% of the total across 72 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 72 payments — averaging $23.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$333
- AstraZeneca$241
- Novartis$186
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$142
- Ardelyx, Inc.$129
- Amgen$105
- plus $521 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,58396%
- Education$744%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 13 | $333 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $241 |
| Novartis | 7 | $186 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 7 | $142 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 5 | $129 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $105 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $84 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $74 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 2 | $56 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 3 | $49 |
| GSK | 3 | $44 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $33 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cormedix Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,657 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 14,618 family providers in Florida.
Other family in Orlando
- Donna OrtizOrlando$417K
- Lindsey McCabeOrlando$37K
- Lewis HarringtonTampa$954K
- Danielle PharesFt Lauderdale$713K
- Patrick SzarazMiami$327K
- Deena RodneyMaitland$323K
- Yamila MelendezMiami$212K
- Holly BoydLand O Lakes$200K
- Rachael BuschLoxahatchee$189K
- Victor Tatis de la NuezMiramar$161K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.