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DAVID R BLATT
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DAVID R BLATT

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
1800 15TH ST, SUITE 130, GREELEY, CO, 80631-4500
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DR. DAVID BLATT,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$4,059

payment total

8

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
Travel and Lodging
 8 $3,142
Food and Beverage
 14 $750
Education
 1 $168

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†
ARTEMIS

device

 $2,349
VIPER

device

 $1,419
BRAINLAB

device

 $1,295
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $168
EXPAREL

drug

 $72
CERVICAL STIM

drug

 $21
CODMAN CERTAS

device

 $17
CODMAN HAKIM PRECISION VALVE

device

 $17
CUSA CLARITY

device

 $17
DURAGEN

device

 $17
DURASEAL EXACT

device

 $17
PRODISC C

device

 $14
† 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 $749 ARTEMIS Travel and Lodging PENUMBRA, INC.
May 18, 2018 $749 ARTEMIS Travel and Lodging PENUMBRA, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $472 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $417 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $237 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $209 ARTEMIS Travel and Lodging PENUMBRA, INC.
May 1, 2018 $168 No Listed Product Education CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
May 18, 2018 $157 ARTEMIS Travel and Lodging PENUMBRA, INC.
May 19, 2018 $151 ARTEMIS Travel and Lodging PENUMBRA, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $136 ARTEMIS Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
May 18, 2018 $129 ARTEMIS Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $124 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $72 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 19, 2018 $65 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 15, 2018 $56 ARTEMIS Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $40 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $31 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $25 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $21 CERVICAL STIM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $17 CODMAN CERTAS CUSA CLARITY DURAGEN DURASEAL EXACT CODMAN HAKIM PRECISION VALVE Food and Beverage INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 11, 2018 $14 PRODISC C Food and Beverage CENTINEL SPINE, LLC
May 20, 2018 $13 ARTEMIS Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $9 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.