Eric Bluman, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Jamaica Plain, MANPI 1689649006
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,200 of the $6,556 with a category attached, or 64.1%. Stryker accounts for 66.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,200 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $203 in 2025.
Across 17 payments — averaging $385.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$4K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$1K
- Novastep Inc.$280
- Encore Medical, LP$239
- Paragon 28, Inc.$235
- Exactech, Inc.$142
- plus $54 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,20064%
- Food & beverage$1,12917%
- Education$1,22719%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 5 | $4,380 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 1 | $1,227 |
| Novastep Inc. | 3 | $280 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $239 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $235 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $23 |
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.
- STAR$4,333
- SMART28$180
- PECA Bunion Correction System$145
- VANTAGE$142
How this compares
$6,556 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 122 foot and ankle surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Jamaica Plain
- Harry SchneiderCambridge$174K
- Craig LareauSpringfield$115K
- David SipalaBrighton$94K
- Philip BasileCambridge$90K
- Michael SgangaNatick$90K
- Joseph FleckNorth Chelmsford$35K
- Michael SkoniecznyPlymouth$33K
- Richard BakerHyannis$16K
- Mark SlovenkaiWaltham$14K
- Jaeyoung KimBoston$14K
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.