Keith Blum, DO
Neurological Surgery · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1558417345
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $970 of the $1,391 with a category attached, or 69.8%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kls-martin L.p. at 51.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $426 and has fallen 86.2% since, to $59 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in NV, where the typical reported total is $6,847.
Across 32 payments — averaging $43.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kls-martin L.p.$722
- Johnson & Johnson$274
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$104
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$90
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$46
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$43
- plus $112 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$42130%
- Food & beverage$97070%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kls-martin L.p. | 10 | $722 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $274 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $104 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $90 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $35 |
| Natus Medical Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $20 |
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.
- VIPER$115
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$115
- EXPEDIUM$115
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$115
How this compares
$1,391 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 45 neurological surgery providers in Nevada.
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 neurological surgery in Las Vegas
- William SmithLas Vegas$1.5M
- Jason GarberLas Vegas$787K
- Yevgeniy KhavkinLas Vegas$577K
- Michael SeiffLas Vegas$335K
- Scott GlickmanLas Vegas$274K
- Efrem CoxLas Vegas$45K
- Gregory DoudsLas Vegas$29K
- Michael SchneierLas Vegas$21K
- John AnsonLas Vegas$18K
- Angela PalmerLas Vegas$13K
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.