Rajankumar Patel, MD
Geriatric Medicine · Cherry Hill, NJNPI 1396896023
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 192 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,145 and has fallen 66.6% since, to $383 in 2025.
Across 192 payments — averaging $20.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$758
- Novo Nordisk$709
- AstraZeneca$667
- Lilly USA, LLC$339
- Abbott$325
- Boehringer Ingelheim$300
- plus $764 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,83999%
- Education$241%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 47 | $758 |
| Novo Nordisk | 46 | $709 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $667 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 25 | $339 |
| Abbott | 4 | $325 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $300 |
| Amgen | 9 | $131 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Bayer | 5 | $85 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $76 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $43 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $41 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $40 |
| Merck | 2 | $28 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Biogen | 2 | $25 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $19 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- FARXIGA$374
- JARDIANCE$249
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$179
- UBRELVY$125
- BREZTRI$125
- FreeStyle Libre 2$116
- RYBELSUS$104
How this compares
$3,863 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 165 geriatric medicine 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 122 | $95,871 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 145 | $92,547 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 71 | $68,340 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 43 | $60,996 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 49 | $52,901 |
| EliquisApixaban | 89 | $49,032 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 53 | $43,564 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 38 | $22,821 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 11 | $14,811 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 169 | $13,608 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 14 | $13,433 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 11 | $8,006 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 645 | $7,359 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 312 | $7,243 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 14 | $6,536 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $300 | $136,112198 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Steglatro | $28 | $116,316150 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $667 | $68,34071 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $709 | $60,99643 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $339 | $52,90149 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $76 | $49,03289 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $14 | $5,44211 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $17 | $4,06512 claims |
| AbbVieCreon | $758 | $4,02711 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $43 | $2,43423 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 165 geriatric medicine providers in New Jersey.
Other geriatric medicine in Cherry Hill
- Albert RiddleHaworth$524K
- Gamil MakarClifton$82K
- Joshua Shua HaimManchester$45K
- Pradip ShahWest Caldwell$27K
- Gregorio GuillenPerth Amboy$8K
- Ketankumar VaidyaEdison$8K
- Cheng-An MaoClifton$8K
- Theresa RedlingLivingston$7K
- Sarita RastogiHackensack$7K
- Leslie FeiginDenville$7K
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.