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

ERIC J BALAGUER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Hand Surgery

NPI
1679747067
CMS profile
894833
Location
MIAMI, FL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$51,144.20

  • Reported across 196 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$21,415.79

40 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
Education $13,600.00 2
Food and Beverage $7,521.09 35
Travel and Lodging $196.47 2
Consulting Fee $98.23 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $13,983.57 4
TriMed, Inc. $5,892.63 15
TRICE MEDICAL, INC. $418.98 6
ACUMED LLC $285.35 4
Henry Schein, Inc. $175.00 1
Arthrosurface Incorporated $153.60 1
Amgen Inc. $145.59 3
ABBVIE INC. $110.19 1
Alafair Biosciences, Inc. $101.99 1
AXOGEN $88.52 1
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. $44.94 2
Bioventus LLC $15.43 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,266.54 13
PY2019 $4,858.15 26
PY2020 $1,455.79 27
PY2021 $7,979.03 29
PY2022 $3,844.53 27
PY2023 $10,324.37 34
PY2024 $21,415.79 40

Payment records · PY2024 (40)

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
ABBVIE INC. $110.19 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103270317 CMS
ACUMED LLC $9.75 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125014365 CMS
ACUMED LLC $23.33 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125014373 CMS
ACUMED LLC $121.93 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125014381 CMS
ACUMED LLC $130.34 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125014390 CMS
Alafair Biosciences, Inc. $101.99 02/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138673604 CMS
Amgen Inc. $10.07 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111523271 CMS
Amgen Inc. $129.27 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111523273 CMS
Amgen Inc. $6.25 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111523275 CMS
Arthrosurface Incorporated $153.60 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152553061 CMS
AXOGEN $88.52 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143637757 CMS
Bioventus LLC $15.43 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137436365 CMS
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. $40.56 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089551579 CMS
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. $4.38 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089552651 CMS
Henry Schein, Inc. $175.00 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127514971 CMS
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $203.53 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082481413 CMS
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $180.04 02/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087526149 CMS
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $9,600.00 03/25/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082480393 CMS
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $4,000.00 05/17/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082480103 CMS
TRICE MEDICAL, INC. $63.76 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128532549 CMS
TRICE MEDICAL, INC. $126.61 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128532551 CMS
TRICE MEDICAL, INC. $111.15 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128532553 CMS
TRICE MEDICAL, INC. $55.67 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128532555 CMS
TRICE MEDICAL, INC. $45.34 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128532557 CMS
TRICE MEDICAL, INC. $16.45 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128532559 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $101.99 02/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117545 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $2,239.67 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117547 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.23 04/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117543 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.23 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117549 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $934.92 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117555 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.23 04/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117557 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.24 04/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117559 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.23 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117561 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.23 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117563 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.23 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117565 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.23 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117567 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.23 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117569 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $98.23 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117571 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $1,500.00 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117551 CMS
Trimed, Inc. $133.74 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146117553 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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