Rucheet Patel
Pediatric Pulmonology · Winter Park, FLNPI 1861711681
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.9% of the total across 89 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 24.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $851, 4.9 times the $174 reported in 2019.
Across 89 payments — averaging $27.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$598
- GSK$289
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$254
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$247
- Sanofi$200
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$181
- plus $671 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,34096%
- Education$1004%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $598 |
| GSK | 15 | $289 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $254 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $247 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $200 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 5 | $181 |
| Amgen | 1 | $123 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $81 |
| Covis Pharma GmbH | 4 | $72 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $66 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Novartis | 3 | $55 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Organon | 1 | $17 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 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
$2,440 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 72 pediatric pulmonology providers in Florida.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Winter Park
- Akinyemi AjayiWinter Park$433K
- Kevin KuriakoseWinter Park$6K
- Shivani VermaWinter Park$3K
- Robert MorganWinter Park$2K
- John PrpichTampa$151K
- Floyd LivingstonOrlando$110K
- Aledie NavasOrlando$29K
- Kunjana MavundaSouth Miami$25K
- David RosenbergTampa$21K
- Marc SchecterGainesville$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.