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JOHN S BLANKENSHIP
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JOHN S BLANKENSHIP

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
313 WEST ST, PAINTSVILLE, KY, 41240-1054
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JOHN BLANKENSHIP,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

24

payments

$4,659

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
Education
 2 $2,851
Food and Beverage
 19 $954
Travel and Lodging
 3 $854

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

 $4,404
ZILRETTA

drug

 $123
PEEK ZIP

device

 $39
REGENETEN

device

 $23
DYNASPLINT

device

 $18
TIVORBEX

drug

 $16
VIVLODEX

drug

 $16
ZORVOLEX

drug

 $16
ELIQUIS

drug

 $14
EUFLEXXA

device

 $11
PHYSIO-STIM

drug

 $10
† 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
Jan 12, 2018 $2,341 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $511 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $510 No Listed Product Education ALPHA ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEMS
Feb 5, 2018 $479 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $331 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $107 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALPHA ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEMS
Jan 12, 2018 $102 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $39 PEEK ZIP Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 13, 2018 $23 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $22 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $21 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $18 DYNASPLINT Food and Beverage DYNASPLINT SYSTEMS INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $16 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $16 VIVLODEX TIVORBEX ZORVOLEX Food and Beverage IROKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Apr 16, 2018 $16 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $14 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
May 7, 2018 $13 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $13 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $12 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $11 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $11 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $10 PHYSIO-STIM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALPHA ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEMS
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.