Brian Blick, MD
Anesthesiology · Elk City, OKNPI 1992143051
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,135 of the $7,784 with a category attached, or 78.8%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,696 and has fallen 52.1% since, to $813 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in OK with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 203 payments — averaging $38.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$985
- Boston Scientific$569
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$385
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$210
- plus $854 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,35217%
- Food & beverage$6,13579%
- Education$2984%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 75 | $2,563 |
| Abbott | 68 | $2,220 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 7 | $985 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $569 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 4 | $385 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $210 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $155 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 7 | $110 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Merck | 2 | $32 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 1 | $24 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $1 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$7,784 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 476 anesthesiology providers in Oklahoma.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 174 | $146,260 |
| Buprenorphine | 236 | $69,058 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 802 | $67,862 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 2,194 | $66,955 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 87 | $38,059 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 49 | $25,138 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 13 | $16,198 |
| Hysingla ErHydrocodone Bitartrate | 25 | $13,037 |
| Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl | 15 | $10,249 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 24 | $10,043 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 533 | $9,985 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 289 | $7,394 |
| Pregabalin | 414 | $6,330 |
| Gabapentin | 414 | $6,189 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $6,171 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca, Xtampza Er, Nucynta, Nucynta Er | $52 | $197,845251 claims |
| MerckBelsomra | $32 | $38,05987 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 476 anesthesiology providers in Oklahoma.
Other anesthesiology in Elk City
- Garrett WrightOklahoma City$73K
- Kenichi TanakaOklahoma City$68K
- Robert SchoapsOklahoma City$54K
- Joshua GordonArdmore$12K
- Anderson GreenhawNorman$8K
- Michael ElderOklahoma City$8K
- Brad StarkeyOklahoma City$8K
- Alina JustizNorman$6K
- George SmithOklahoma City$6K
- Chun KwanOklahoma City$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.