Michael Flashburg, MD
Anesthesiology · Long Branch, NJNPI 1093712515
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.0% of the total across 22 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 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $469 and has fallen 93.4% since, to $31 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 22 payments — averaging $50.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$206
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$171
- Merck$145
- Medtronic$131
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$125
- Comsort, Inc$100
- plus $239 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1009%
- Food & beverage$1,01691%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 3 | $206 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $171 |
| Merck | 3 | $145 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $131 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Comsort, Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $64 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Vertex | 1 | $31 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, 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
$1,116 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,430 anesthesiology providers in New Jersey.
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 anesthesiology in Long Branch
- Waheed ErakyLong Branch$3K
- Aryeh ShanderEnglewood$762K
- Ronak DesaiCamden$343K
- Joseph StaufferSkillman$95K
- Baher YanniEast Windsor$82K
- Adam ThalerBerkeley Heights$63K
- Elizabeth RocheWoodcliff Lake$45K
- William LeeSomerset$39K
- Jonathan JaffeMount Holly$36K
- Yitzhak BelshBerkeley Heights$29K
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.