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

ROBERT M BLOCK

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Otolaryngology

NPI
1477627669
CMS profile
157366
Location
SALINAS, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,390.09

  • Reported across 154 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$624.50

27 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 $624.50 27

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $321.20 16
PY2019 $274.85 10
PY2020 $178.93 11
PY2021 $356.90 20
PY2022 $791.28 32
PY2023 $842.43 38
PY2024 $624.50 27

Payment records · PY2024 (27)

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
Boston Scientific Corporation $27.82 05/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092726888 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $8.39 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952528 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $30.61 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952540 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $14.08 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952544 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $6.25 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952542 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $36.40 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952568 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $26.65 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952580 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $10.61 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952586 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $9.76 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952612 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $29.88 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952610 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $27.73 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139952620 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $21.61 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116544036 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $10.91 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116733422 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $34.79 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115734597 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $33.94 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116528152 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $28.19 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116378020 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $21.24 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116584431 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $8.88 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116664183 CMS
HOSPIRA, INC. $27.40 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131225600 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $14.74 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144949280 CMS
Optinose US, Inc. $17.42 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142170698 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $19.79 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114011477 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $21.87 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114011479 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $31.96 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114011481 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $18.04 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114011483 CMS
Stryker Corporation $66.36 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119779577 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $19.18 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105908209 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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