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Vasishta Patel

Neurology · Houston, TXNPI 1467510990

Payments from drug & device makers

$3,822in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 180 payments — averaging $21.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$757
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$478
  • Novartis$463
  • Eisai Inc.$337
  • AbbVie$245
  • Biogen$244
  • plus $1K from 15 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$3,822100%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.46$757
EMD Serono, Inc.25$478
Novartis24$463
Eisai Inc.12$337
AbbVie11$245
Biogen11$244
UCB, Inc.10$215
Lilly USA, LLC5$209
Grifols USA, LLC6$200
Amgen6$141
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$127
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC5$80
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$80
SK Life Science, Inc.2$68
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$37
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC2$33
Merck2$29
Lundbeck LLC1$23
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$21
Sanofi1$19
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc1$16

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

$3,822 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Fentanyl37$5,988
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen133$4,936
Gabapentin93$1,950
Clorazepate Dipotassium16$1,831
Carbamazepine27$1,660
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen26$1,540
Amitriptyline Hcl34$1,259
Levetiracetam30$1,215
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa20$1,094
Butalbital-Acetaminophen-CaffeButalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine14$993
Morphine Sulfate16$973
Primidone26$960
Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate21$818
Lamotrigine29$782
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine45$663

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$80$12233 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. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 50th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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