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

BIJAL V PATEL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1639266026
CMS profile
1206746
Location
SAN DIEGO, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,508.39

  • Reported across 31 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$538.86

13 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 $534.10 11
Education $4.76 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $208.32 3
PY2019 $277.70 5
PY2020 $12.54 1
PY2021 $2,213.15 3
PY2022 $149.51 3
PY2023 $108.31 3
PY2024 $538.86 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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 $121.98 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104327064 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $23.30 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118295608 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $45.60 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086204561 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $14.01 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154200168 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.65 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141872699 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $39.53 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087342883 CMS
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $44.84 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154283439 CMS
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $29.45 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154283433 CMS
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $39.58 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154283437 CMS
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $33.49 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154283435 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $117.67 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139787679 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $2.38 06/13/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149910751 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $2.38 07/15/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149910755 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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