Jonathan Blitzer, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Long Beach, CANPI 1912967324
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.2% of the total across 78 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $3,371.
Across 78 payments — averaging $34.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$325
- Johnson & Johnson$317
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$308
- AstraZeneca$268
- Tempus AI, Inc$231
- Merck$199
- plus $1K from 19 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $7427.85 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$15K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,67798%
- Education$502%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $325 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $317 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 11 | $308 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $268 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 4 | $231 |
| Merck | 6 | $199 |
| Bayer | 4 | $199 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $141 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $122 |
| Novartis | 4 | $108 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $75 |
| GSK | 3 | $71 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $51 |
| Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
| Epizyme, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,727 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,363 hematology & oncology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anastrozole | 88 | $1,415 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 65 | $1,369 |
| Hydroxyurea | 23 | $1,035 |
| Deferasirox | 11 | $998 |
| Letrozole | 43 | $818 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $86 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 16 | $71 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $39 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 12 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology & oncology in Long Beach
- Dennis SlamonLos Angeles$3.1M
- Sandra HorningStanford$2.5M
- Mohammadbagher ZiariCorona$2.5M
- George YaghmourLos Angeles$1.9M
- Robert VescioWest Hollywood$1.1M
- Kevin KellyLos Angeles$894K
- Johnny ChangEncino$884K
- Nitin RohatgiSacramento$814K
- Omid HamidSanta Monica$809K
- Catherine CoombsOrange$786K
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.