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

JOE BLUMENAU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Family Medicine

NPI
1801993878
CMS profile
557066
Location
DALLAS, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2019

$3,111.26

  • Reported across 18 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2019

$1,389.26

12 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

PY2019 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $1,033.54 5
Food and Beverage $355.72 7

By paying entity

PY2019 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $1,389.26 12

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,722.00 6
PY2019 $1,389.26 12

Payment records · PY2019 (12)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2019 2018 Record-level detail is published for PY2019; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $202.27 05/15/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802177 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $35.76 05/15/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802181 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $369.63 05/15/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802183 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $90.54 05/15/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802511 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $19.99 05/16/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802175 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $50.00 05/16/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802507 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $125.00 05/16/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 695804039 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $202.27 05/16/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 695806749 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $168.83 05/17/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802173 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $35.00 05/17/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802179 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $39.97 05/17/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802185 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $50.00 05/17/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 695802509 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2019_P01232026_01102026.csv

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