Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

MAHESHKUMAR N PATEL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1972581015
CMS profile
271208
Location
COLUMBUS, GA

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$5,539.32

  • Reported across 271 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$721.60

29 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $705.77 28
Long term medical supply or device loan $15.83 1

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $886.84 56
PY2020 $518.18 32
PY2021 $954.13 45
PY2022 $705.42 28
PY2023 $1,027.66 43
PY2024 $725.49 38
PY2025 $721.60 29

Payment records · PY2025 (29)

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

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $123.66 08/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241826375 CMS
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. $29.58 04/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1212773521 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.12 12/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1228393547 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $15.83 10/01/2025 Long term medical supply or device loan Undisputed 06/30/2026 1176820607 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.77 08/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225690072 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.88 11/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225690076 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.19 02/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1222833998 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.11 01/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181355500 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.24 05/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181355502 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $123.42 10/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181355504 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $6.57 11/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181355506 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.70 12/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181355508 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $16.06 01/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184903928 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.87 10/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184904050 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $33.22 01/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238371341 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.42 03/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238366787 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.76 08/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238240461 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.00 02/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200669008 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.70 04/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200669010 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.84 10/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200669014 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.29 10/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200615698 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.04 03/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1188296210 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.52 05/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1188343718 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.83 08/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1188360207 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.41 06/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1229378554 CMS
PFIZER INC. $20.98 10/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230765160 CMS
VivaQuant Inc, dba Rhythm Express $8.11 01/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250414550 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.33 08/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173654866 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $19.15 12/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173654864 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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