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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.

RICHARD E BLALOCK
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RICHARD E BLALOCK

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
6431 FANNIN ST, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-1501
* Note: This physician had a Kentucky practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. RICHARD BLALOCK,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$5,449

payment total

7

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
Education
 3 $4,340
Travel and Lodging
 3 $646
Food and Beverage
 16 $463

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $4,723
NONE

device

 $324
REUNION

device

 $175
GAMMA

device

 $123
ZILRETTA

drug

 $53
ELIQUIS

drug

 $41
PHYSIO-STIM

drug

 $11
† 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 15, 2018 $1,810 No Listed Product Education GENTLEMAN ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS
Sep 21, 2018 $1,334 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $1,196 No Listed Product Education GENTLEMAN ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS
Jul 2, 2018 $324 NONE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 21, 2018 $306 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging GENTLEMAN ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS
Jun 28, 2018 $104 GAMMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 10, 2018 $50 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 10, 2018 $49 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 26, 2018 $43 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CURASAN, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $34 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 10, 2018 $26 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 28, 2018 $19 GAMMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 29, 2018 $17 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jun 24, 2018 $16 REUNION Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 18, 2018 $14 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Nov 20, 2018 $14 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $14 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $13 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 30, 2018 $12 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $11 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $11 PHYSIO-STIM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
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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.