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Covered recipient · General Payments record

BLAKE SHUSTERMAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1831301779
CMS profile
218712
Location
GREENVILLE, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$65,583.89

  • Reported across 199 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$61,418.07

56 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.

Related groups: Nephrology SC All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $60,177.00 2
Food and Beverage $1,216.46 53
Education $24.61 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Acerta Pharma LLC $60,290.95 9
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $223.15 2
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $196.08 12
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $194.15 8
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $132.74 7
Amgen Inc. $82.03 3
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $61.54 3
Ardelyx, Inc. $42.14 2
Retrophin, Inc. $40.90 2
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $37.86 2
Relypsa, Inc. $27.73 2
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $23.94 1
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $23.82 1
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.53 1
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $18.51 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $493.26 26
PY2019 $553.53 20
PY2020 $212.41 12
PY2021 $264.87 17
PY2022 $791.93 37
PY2023 $1,849.82 31
PY2024 $61,418.07 56

Payment records · PY2024 (56)

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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $6.29 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145824212 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $13.03 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145825273 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $28.58 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145824214 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $28.09 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145823968 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $29.04 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145828914 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $3.10 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145830461 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $24.61 10/30/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145834021 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.53 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093910713 CMS
Amgen Inc. $32.32 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111707322 CMS
Amgen Inc. $26.24 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111707324 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.47 11/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111707326 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $21.07 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146707976 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $21.07 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146707978 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.29 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105659126 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.03 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104288014 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.13 03/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104202941 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $12.06 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105533152 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.33 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104210193 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.99 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105472197 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.12 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104307752 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20,059.00 07/16/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105782282 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $40,118.00 08/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104655927 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.53 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086249782 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.46 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086116720 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.55 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086210167 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.32 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118172845 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.54 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118172847 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $23.94 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141526566 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $18.51 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154202256 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $23.82 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116449169 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $32.40 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087297389 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $26.23 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087297391 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.71 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087297393 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $31.50 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087297397 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $7.20 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087297399 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.59 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087297401 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $27.18 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087297403 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $27.34 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087297405 CMS
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $80.29 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154282411 CMS
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $142.86 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154282413 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $120.96 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982436 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $0.84 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982438 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $0.41 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982440 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $22.33 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982442 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $2.69 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982444 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $16.88 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982446 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $2.15 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982448 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $11.65 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982450 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $5.47 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982452 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $1.24 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982454 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $0.70 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982456 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $10.76 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118982458 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $14.18 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149904138 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $26.72 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149904142 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $13.90 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124044813 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $13.83 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124041706 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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