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

JOSHUA D BALOG

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

NPI
1508824566
CMS profile
159136
Location
FAIR LAWN, NJ

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$14,176.56

  • Reported across 143 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,086.50

35 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 $1,286.89 30
Travel and Lodging $799.61 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $1,288.90 15
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $562.14 16
IMPULSE DYNAMICS (USA) INC. $177.63 2
ATRICURE, INC. $41.93 1
PFIZER INC. $15.90 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,706.95 20
PY2019 $5,027.51 43
PY2020 $3,240.82 8
PY2021 $888.54 8
PY2022 $514.63 9
PY2023 $711.61 20
PY2024 $2,086.50 35

Payment records · PY2024 (35)

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
ATRICURE, INC. $41.93 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132884465 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $129.37 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255245 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.96 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255301 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $18.53 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255239 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.49 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255237 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $4.85 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255297 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2.20 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255295 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $131.59 05/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255307 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.30 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255231 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $130.13 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255305 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.93 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255229 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.57 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255235 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.49 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255233 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.94 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255299 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.03 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255241 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $11.73 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255303 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.03 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092255243 CMS
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. $13.77 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100424703 CMS
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. $163.86 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100424707 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $31.36 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352474 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.25 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352476 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $461.51 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352478 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $249.00 03/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352480 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $40.54 03/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352482 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $11.15 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352484 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $99.80 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352486 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.15 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352488 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $53.00 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352490 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.09 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352492 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.31 03/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352494 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $170.12 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352496 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.69 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352498 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $43.20 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352500 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.73 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119352502 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.90 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131087287 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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