Tapan Mehta
Vascular Neurology · Hartford, CTNPI 1194169755
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 29.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $67,922, more than ten times the $321 reported in 2020.
Across 136 payments — averaging $728.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$30K
- Balt USA, LLC$28K
- Medtronic$26K
- Microvention, Inc.$12K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Scientia Vascular$800
- plus $1K from 7 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $2125.76 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$40K
- Genentech, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$45,85046%
- Speaking & faculty fees$29,98430%
- Travel & lodging$17,58518%
- Food & beverage$5,6566%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 27 | $29,546 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 20 | $27,927 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 30 | $26,241 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 33 | $12,242 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 11 | $1,148 |
| Scientia Vascular | 1 | $800 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 7 | $324 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $199 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Abbott | 1 | $142 |
| Amgen | 1 | $135 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $105 |
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.
- Pipeline$25,105
- Optima Coil System$20,469
- EMBOGUARD$12,399
- SPOTLIGHT$12,000
- SOFIA EX 5F - 105CM STR$7,840
- Revere Hybrid Access Catheter$2,500
- Carrier Delivery Catheter$1,541
- TRUFILL$1,511
- Prestige Coil System$1,041
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$708
- SOLITAIRE X$533
- STENT$475
- Embotrap$423
- Raptor Aspiration Catheter$232
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$231
- ERIC RETRIEVAL DEVICE$150
- CEREBASE$149
- N/A$149
- NEUROGUARD IEP SYSTEM$148
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$147
How this compares
Too few vascular neurology providers in Connecticutto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 27 | $16,601 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $105 | $16,60127 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. There are too few vascular neurology providers in Connecticuton file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other vascular neurology in Hartford
- Isaac SilvermanHartford$24K
- Kelly MatmatiHartford$3K
- Raymond CattonHartford$808
- Ajay TunguturiHartford$611
- Amardeep SaundHartford$251
- Yan HouHartford$249
- Syed Daniyal AsadHartford$245
- Hardik AminHartford$160
- Catherine HosleyHartford$112
- Adam de HavenonNew Haven$93K
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.