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

SHANE KYLE BLACKER

Dental Providers Dentist Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

NPI
1184892473
CMS profile
852309
Location
TEMPE, AZ

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,089.67

  • Reported across 83 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,551.55

16 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 $1,703.87 12
Entertainment $1,182.17 1
Travel and Lodging $648.16 2
Gift $17.35 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
American Orthodontics Corporation $3,044.33 11
Align Technology, Inc. $471.61 4
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $35.61 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $356.84 12
PY2019 $171.64 13
PY2020 $49.79 4
PY2021 $1,759.65 11
PY2022 $689.35 9
PY2023 $1,510.85 18
PY2024 $3,551.55 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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
Align Technology, Inc. $282.08 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153146458 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $144.58 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153146456 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $17.35 11/03/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153242983 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $27.60 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153146454 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $15.00 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113940981 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $166.49 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113942723 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $17.04 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113943315 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $1,182.17 10/01/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113937031 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $124.47 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113946451 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $157.11 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113946453 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $68.82 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113950216 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $579.34 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113950218 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $416.73 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113946826 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $49.66 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113946830 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $267.50 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113948138 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $35.61 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124776068 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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