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

MINESH ARON PATEL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1912972589
CMS profile
131656
Location
LAKE CITY, FL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,895.61

  • Reported across 275 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,351.17

22 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
Travel and Lodging $828.59 5
Food and Beverage $522.58 17

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $1,008.58 7
Grifols USA, LLC $67.75 3
DEXCOM, INC. $54.83 1
ABBVIE INC. $46.66 2
Amgen Inc. $38.60 2
Exact Sciences Corporation $37.44 2
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $24.26 1
PFIZER INC. $20.99 1
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $19.55 1
Lilly USA, LLC $16.44 1
Novo Nordisk AS $16.07 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $899.37 49
PY2019 $2,300.58 86
PY2020 $451.96 27
PY2021 $893.41 34
PY2022 $1,196.48 26
PY2023 $1,802.64 31
PY2024 $1,351.17 22

Payment records · PY2024 (22)

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
ABBVIE INC. $26.14 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105197026 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.52 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105197028 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.28 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117649876 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.32 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117649878 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.55 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092407360 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $54.83 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153323380 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $18.52 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114826123 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $18.92 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114826129 CMS
Grifols USA, LLC $23.95 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124729209 CMS
Grifols USA, LLC $23.28 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124729211 CMS
Grifols USA, LLC $20.52 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124729207 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $16.44 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135209307 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $117.51 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141700100 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $233.43 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141700102 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $117.51 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141700248 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $149.99 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141872093 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $103.18 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141872095 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $30.00 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141700246 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $256.96 10/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141700098 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.07 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096599235 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $24.26 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118958396 CMS
PFIZER INC. $20.99 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131274401 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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