Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

AKHIL B PATEL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1225421225
CMS profile
4221128
Location
KALAMAZOO, MI

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,031.34

  • Reported across 51 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$199.27

12 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $199.27 12

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $234.42 2
PY2019 $62.54 4
PY2020 $32.39 2
PY2021 $209.78 14
PY2022 $168.93 10
PY2023 $124.01 7
PY2024 $199.27 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.05 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104268775 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.20 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117923638 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $23.89 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078051340 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.20 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141958492 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.11 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141872019 CMS
Neurelis, Inc. $16.99 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145650310 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.15 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087191487 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.14 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087191491 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.04 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087191497 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.00 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131481874 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.84 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132087428 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $15.66 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080556193 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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