Tapash Palit, MD
Vascular Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1801004262
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,550 of the $3,312 with a category attached, or 77.0%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 55.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,011 and has fallen 56.6% since, to $439 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $4,548.
Across 34 payments — averaging $97.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$797
- Truvic Medical, Inc.$196
- Imperative Care, Inc$135
- Bolton Medical Inc$124
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$96
- plus $134 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$76223%
- Food & beverage$2,55077%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 14 | $1,830 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $797 |
| Truvic Medical, Inc. | 5 | $196 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 4 | $135 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $32 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$978
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$730
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$730
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$730
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$730
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$181
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$150
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft$137
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$125
- Relay Plus$124
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$120
How this compares
$3,312 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 65 vascular surgery providers in Louisiana.
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.
Other vascular surgery in New Orleans
- Claudie SheahanNew Orleans$25K
- Amit ChawlaNew Orleans$24K
- Godfrey ParkersonNew Orleans$17K
- Samuel VictoriaNew Orleans$14K
- Waldemar SternberghNew Orleans$11K
- Estela BrookeNew Orleans$6K
- Kelli SummersNew Orleans$4K
- Genevieve HayekNew Orleans$4K
- Taylor SmithNew Orleans$3K
- Joseph GiaimoNew Orleans$3K
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.