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

KEVIN BLUME

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Otolaryngology Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery

NPI
1730539800
CMS profile
2427248
Location
TUCSON, AZ

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,164.34

  • Reported across 102 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,691.34

22 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
Travel and Lodging $1,761.74 5
Food and Beverage $929.60 17

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $163.11 6
PY2019 $345.02 6
PY2020 $21.34 1
PY2021 $75.58 4
PY2022 $4,283.00 43
PY2023 $584.95 20
PY2024 $2,691.34 22

Payment records · PY2024 (22)

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
Acclarent, Inc $14.53 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077573600 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $74.43 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144654369 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $159.08 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144654487 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $62.35 03/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144654579 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $33.05 03/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144654673 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $20.89 03/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144654737 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $97.50 03/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144654861 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $50.03 03/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144654231 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $30.07 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144649870 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $229.00 05/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144643410 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $446.60 05/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144650008 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $116.17 07/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144649796 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $26.20 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144648172 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $48.31 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148043722 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $21.39 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148043724 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $17.04 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148043726 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $83.86 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140111290 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $28.60 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114011659 CMS
Stryker Corporation $581.35 01/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119779829 CMS
Stryker Corporation $124.77 03/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119779831 CMS
Stryker Corporation $37.50 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119779833 CMS
Stryker Corporation $388.62 03/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119779835 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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