Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

JOHN M BLAIR
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JOHN M BLAIR

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
1724 W UNION AVE, TACOMA, WA, 98405-2099
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DR. JOHN BLAIR,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

8

payments

$2,337

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
Travel and Lodging
1 $2,229
Food and Beverage
7 $107

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

$2,229
FORTEO

drug

$30
OFIRMEV

drug

$20
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

$18
SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM

device

$14
EUFLEXXA

device

$14
PNEUMATIC KAIRISON

device

$12
† 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 25, 2018 $2,229 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging INNOVASIS INC
Apr 24, 2018 $20 OFIRMEV Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Dec 10, 2018 $18 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 6, 2018 $17 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Sep 28, 2018 $14 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Aug 16, 2018 $14 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $13 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Jul 17, 2018 $12 PNEUMATIC KAIRISON Food and Beverage AESCULAP, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.