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

BLAINE M BORDERS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1326101254
CMS profile
856073
Location
CALHOUN, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,227.21

  • Reported across 126 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,506.71

24 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
Debt forgiveness $2,119.78 1
Food and Beverage $386.93 23

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $2,481.26 23
Inari Medical, Inc. $25.45 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,859.98 14
PY2019 $1,053.77 12
PY2020 $118.70 4
PY2021 $617.71 28
PY2022 $226.35 9
PY2023 $843.99 35
PY2024 $2,506.71 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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
Inari Medical, Inc. $25.45 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140064381 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.76 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265856 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.61 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265858 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.85 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265860 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.17 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265862 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.79 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265864 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.90 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265866 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.04 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265868 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $11.83 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1121135963 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $11.39 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265870 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.52 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265872 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $23.91 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265874 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.12 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265876 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $10.91 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265880 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.60 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265878 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.68 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265882 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.25 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265884 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.87 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265886 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $17.01 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265888 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $17.36 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265894 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $28.45 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265896 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.86 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265890 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.60 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119265892 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $2,119.78 12/31/2024 Debt forgiveness Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112075483 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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