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HOWARD B BLUMSTEIN
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HOWARD B BLUMSTEIN

Listed Specialty: Rheumatology
315 MIDDLE COUNTRY RD, SMITHTOWN, NY, 11787-2817
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HOWARD BLUMSTEIN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

44

payments

$3,376

payment total

10

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 $2,500
Food and Beverage
 40 $868
Education
 3 $9

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†
ZILRETTA

drug

 $2,523
KRYSTEXXA

drug

 $234
ACTEMRA

drug

 $223
BENLYSTA

drug

 $110
RITUXAN

drug

 $103
XELJANZ

drug

 $64
LYRICA

drug

 $49
MONOVISC

device

 $31
DUZALLO

drug

 $30
LINZESS

drug

 $30
ZURAMPIC

drug

 $30
ENBREL

drug

 $30
PROLIA

drug

 $30
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $24
COSENTYX

drug

 $22
CIMZIA

drug

 $21
INFLECTRA

drug

 $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
Apr 13, 2018 $2,500 ZILRETTA Consulting FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
May 30, 2018 $132 KRYSTEXXA Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Oct 20, 2018 $64 XELJANZ Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 18, 2018 $49 KRYSTEXXA Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Dec 19, 2018 $30 ENBREL PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $23 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $23 ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $22 COSENTYX Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 25, 2018 $21 CIMZIA Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $20 RITUXAN ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $19 ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $19 BENLYSTA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Jul 10, 2018 $19 RITUXAN ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $18 ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
May 24, 2018 $18 BENLYSTA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Sep 18, 2018 $18 RITUXAN ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $17 BENLYSTA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Oct 10, 2018 $17 ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
May 23, 2018 $17 KRYSTEXXA Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
May 8, 2018 $16 ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $16 LYRICA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $16 RITUXAN ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
May 2, 2018 $16 DUZALLO ZURAMPIC LINZESS Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 11, 2018 $16 KRYSTEXXA Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Apr 2, 2018 $16 BENLYSTA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Sep 21, 2018 $16 MONOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $16 MONOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $15 RITUXAN ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $15 LYRICA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $15 RITUXAN ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $15 BENLYSTA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Feb 27, 2018 $14 LYRICA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $14 DUZALLO ZURAMPIC LINZESS Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 7, 2018 $14 INFLECTRA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $13 ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $13 ACTEMRA Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $13 BENLYSTA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Aug 16, 2018 $13 BENLYSTA Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Jun 13, 2018 $12 KRYSTEXXA Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Feb 13, 2018 $4 LYRICA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $3 KRYSTEXXA Education HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Apr 2, 2018 $3 KRYSTEXXA Education HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Jan 30, 2018 $3 KRYSTEXXA Education HORIZON PHARMA PLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.