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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.

SEAN BLACKWELL
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SEAN BLACKWELL

Listed Specialty: Maternal & Fetal Medicine
6410 FANNIN, SUITE 210, HOUSTON, TX, 77030
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DR. SEAN BLACKWELL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

15

payments

$8,423

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
Consulting
 3 $6,624
Travel and Lodging
 4 $1,177
Food and Beverage
 7 $520
Education
 1 $102

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†
CERVIDIL

drug

 $4,219
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $3,436
FFN

device

 $447
APTIMA

device

 $128
MAKENA

drug

 $102
FFN QUANT

device

 $69
PICO

device

 $20
† 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
Feb 8, 2018 $2,765 CERVIDIL Consulting FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $2,500 No Listed Product Consulting GEN-PROBE, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $1,359 CERVIDIL Consulting FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $852 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging CYTYC CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $128 APTIMA Travel and Lodging GEN-PROBE, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $128 FFN Food and Beverage HOLOGIC, LLC
Mar 16, 2018 $125 FFN Food and Beverage GEN-PROBE, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $113 FFN Travel and Lodging GEN-PROBE, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $102 MAKENA Education AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $84 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging HOLOGIC, LLC
May 2, 2018 $83 FFN Food and Beverage HOLOGIC, LLC
Mar 3, 2018 $69 FFN QUANT Food and Beverage CYTYC PRENATAL PRODUCTS CORP.
Feb 3, 2018 $48 CERVIDIL Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Feb 3, 2018 $47 CERVIDIL Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $20 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, 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.