Parag Patel
Addiction Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1245233345
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $128,880 of the $171,362 with a category attached, or 75.2%. Braeburn Inc. accounts for 99.1% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among addiction medicine clinicians in OH 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 201 payments — averaging $852.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Braeburn Inc.$170K
- MDD US Operations, LLC$549
- Indivior Inc.$345
- AbbVie$247
- Merz North America, Inc.$162
- USWM, LLC$81
- plus $184 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$128,88075%
- Travel & lodging$37,36622%
- Food & beverage$5,1033%
- Education$130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Braeburn Inc. | 171 | $169,795 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 4 | $549 |
| Indivior Inc. | 8 | $345 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $247 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| USWM, LLC | 1 | $81 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $59 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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
$171,362 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 98 addiction medicine providers in Ohio.
Other addiction medicine in Cincinnati
- Shawn RyanCincinnati$3K
- James SturmiCincinnati$901
- Amitkumar PatelCincinnati$712
- Jeffrey CravenCincinnati$407
- Stephanie TraylorColumbus$86K
- Wayne KawalekOakwood Village$82K
- Nicole LaborAkron$17K
- Orman HallColumbus$10K
- Puja SrivastavaWilmington$9K
- David KesegChillicothe$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.