Lee Bloom, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Middletown, CTNPI 1801282470
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $8,771 of the $13,404 with a category attached, or 65.4%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 40.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $6,764 and has fallen 89.4% since, to $715 in 2025.
Across 73 payments — averaging $183.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Arthrex$4K
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$395
- Davol Inc.$285
- plus $924 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7375%
- Food & beverage$3,89629%
- Education$8,77165%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $5,477 |
| Arthrex | 23 | $3,529 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 3 | $1,474 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,320 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $395 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $285 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Vericel Corporation | 5 | $119 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $63 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Vertex | 1 | $32 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 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.
- MAKO$309
- GAMMA$169
- CellerateRx$157
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$149
- PROGEL$146
- VARIAX$140
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$140
- Q-FIX$139
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$139
- ACUFEX TRUNAV$137
- HOFFMANN$135
- T2$135
- TRIATHLON$134
- VALOR$125
- DYNACORD$125
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$125
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$125
- RIGIDLOOP$125
- Magellan$122
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$119
How this compares
$13,404 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 273 orthopaedic surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $170 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Middletown
- Amy WasterlainMiddletown$91K
- Peter WhangNew Haven$1.8M
- Paul SethiGreenwich$1.5M
- James YueShelton$1.3M
- Robert DeveneyDanbury$907K
- James PaceFarmington$721K
- Isaac MossFarmington$676K
- David FrumbergNew Haven$288K
- John KeggiMiddlebury$264K
- Lauren GeaneyFarmington$263K
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.