Shailesh Patel
Pain Medicine · North Charleston, SCNPI 1528123072
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 45 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 31.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $308 and has fallen 58.1% since, to $129 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $2,431.
Across 45 payments — averaging $19.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$275
- Amgen$212
- Abbott$131
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$36
- Forte Bio-pharma LLC$33
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$30
- plus $150 from 8 others
Across 75 payments — averaging $9563.17 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Bioventus LLC$331K
- Regeneron$136K
- Novartis$106K
- Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$48K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$37K
- Pfizer$33K
- plus $26K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$868100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $275 |
| Amgen | 16 | $212 |
| Abbott | 8 | $131 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $13 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $6 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$108
How this compares
$868 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 92 pain medicine providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 36 | $1,052 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 46 | $837 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 41 | $497 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 30 | $334 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $286 |
| Gabapentin | 30 | $245 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $108 |
| Diazepam | 86 | $90 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $61 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in North Charleston
- Erik ConniffNorth Charleston$1K
- Phillip SmithGreenville$303K
- Richard KlineConway$104K
- Channing WilloughbyMurrells Inlet$82K
- Michael WarrickSumter$50K
- Daniel AtkinsonGreenville$36K
- Michael WardenFlorence$20K
- Andrew MendelsonCharleston$19K
- Sankeerth ChallagundlaColumbia$15K
- Kevin WalkerGreenville$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.