Rusha Patel, MD
Otolaryngology · Morgantown, WVNPI 1710121975
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (58.3%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 65.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among otolaryngology clinicians in WV 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 28 payments — averaging $398.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Kls-martin L.p.$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$404
- Axogen$385
- Stryker$253
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$212
- plus $168 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00018%
- Travel & lodging$1,0379%
- Food & beverage$1,59214%
- Education$6,50058%
- Gifts$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $7,265 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 5 | $2,459 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $404 |
| Axogen | 4 | $385 |
| Stryker | 2 | $253 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $212 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $136 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biocon Biologics Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,217
- DA VINCI SP$3,000
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$372
- NA$324
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$245
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$245
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$245
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$245
- SONOPET IQ$162
- Restrata Wound Matrix$146
- Novosorb BTM$109
How this compares
$11,146 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 48 otolaryngology providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pentoxifylline | 11 | $360 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 13 | $82 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 18 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Morgantown
- Meghan TurnerMorgantown$9K
- Jeffson ChungMorgantown$9K
- Steven CoutrasMorgantown$1K
- Norman OrabiMorgantown$1K
- Christopher BaileyMorgantown$1K
- Brian KellermeyerMorgantown$746
- Johnathan CastanoMorgantown$347
- Monika FreiserMorgantown$285
- Mark ArmeniMorgantown$229
- Michael HurstMorgantown$138
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.