Paul Blumenthal
Complex Family Planning · Stanford, CANPI 1336202977
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $18,839 of the $20,722 with a category attached, or 90.9%. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bayer at 56.3% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $10,157, more than ten times the $59 reported in 2019.
Across 11 payments — averaging $1883.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$12K
- HRA Pharma$9K
- Merck$59
Across 281 payments — averaging $5501.86 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.
- Organon$480K
- Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc.$402K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$181K
- Sebela Women's Health Inc.$173K
- Medicines360$119K
- Mylan Inc.$100K
- plus $90K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,83991%
- Travel & lodging$1,6278%
- Food & beverage$2561%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 9 | $11,663 |
| HRA Pharma | 1 | $9,000 |
| Merck | 1 | $59 |
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 complex family planning providers in Californiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other complex family planning in Stanford
- Suji UhmStanford$8K
- Kate ShawStanford$0
- Melissa ChenSacramento$12K
- Maryam GuiahiSanta Barbara$2K
- Anne FlynnSacramento$2K
- Heather SweeneyLos Angeles$257
- Jaclyn GrentzerRiverside$255
- Jayne CaronPalo Alto$206
- Jennifer KernsSan Francisco$0
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.