Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

CHRISTOPHER S BLANCHARD
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CHRISTOPHER S BLANCHARD

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
5100 W BROAD ST, COLUMBUS, OH, 43228-1607
* Note: This physician had a Georgia practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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CHRISTOPHER BLANCHARD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

4

payments

$7,366

payment total

4

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Consulting
1 $6,750
Travel and Lodging
1 $408
Food and Beverage
2 $208

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments
TIGER SHARK

device

$6,750
LATERAL ACCESS

device

$408
COHERE

device

$154
TLIF

device

$154
GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

device

$55
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
May 7, 2018 $6,750 TIGER SHARK Consulting CHOICE SPINE, LLC
Feb 16, 2018 $408 LATERAL ACCESS Travel and Lodging PRECISION SPINE, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $154 TLIF COHERE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $55 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.