Kevin Blume, DO
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Tucson, AZNPI 1730539800
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.9%), food and beverage and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 43.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,283 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $37 in 2025.
Across 97 payments — averaging $82.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Acclarent, Inc$728
- Medtronic$334
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$194
- plus $428 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,09151%
- Food & beverage$3,94249%
- Gifts$40%
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 | 22 | $3,465 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 20 | $1,638 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $1,252 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 22 | $728 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $334 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 9 | $194 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $120 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $15 |
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
Too few otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Arizonato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 17 | $64,884 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 226 | $6,971 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 48 | $5,639 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 102 | $3,774 |
| Epinephrine | 11 | $1,932 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 74 | $1,708 |
| Omeprazole | 77 | $1,463 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 66 | $1,227 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 28 | $578 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 15 | $502 |
| Celecoxib | 37 | $434 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 18 | $388 |
| Mupirocin | 34 | $304 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $254 |
| Methylprednisolone | 21 | $145 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Tucson
- Jonnae OstromTucson$4K
- Kristin NelsonTempe$19K
- Michael RodriguezGlendale$9K
- Brian LeeScottsdale$8K
- Tyler HomewoodSan Tan Valley$8K
- Homan MostafaviChandler$7K
- Luis VazquezPhoenix$6K
- Naveen KumarGilbert$5K
- Ray LaraOro Valley$4K
- Andrew IarocciGoodyear$4K
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.