Alexander Blank
Physician Assistant · Chicago, ILNPI 1356961015
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,775 of the $15,387 with a category attached, or 63.5%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. at 30.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,039, more than ten times the $192 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 343 payments — averaging $44.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- AbbVie$1K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$1K
- Sanofi$1K
- Dermavant Sciences, Inc.$946
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,89725%
- Travel & lodging$1,1968%
- Food & beverage$9,77564%
- Education$5193%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 31 | $4,756 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 56 | $2,668 |
| AbbVie | 47 | $1,462 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 27 | $1,169 |
| Sanofi | 22 | $1,070 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 50 | $946 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $661 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 14 | $447 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 16 | $336 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $224 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 7 | $222 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 8 | $210 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $196 |
| Organon | 11 | $193 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 7 | $150 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $135 |
| Novartis | 5 | $102 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 3 | $75 |
| Amgen | 3 | $59 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $41 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$15,387 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Desonide | 19 | $768 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 11 | $740 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 59 | $627 |
| Ketoconazole | 37 | $505 |
| Mupirocin | 22 | $105 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Chicago
- Andrew MastroChicago$419K
- Renata BlockChicago$103K
- Margaret RomanoChicago$82K
- Christina StarksChicago$77K
- Kelly OconnorChicago$36K
- Christa CooperChicago$36K
- Audrey FenwickChicago$29K
- Amy LadewskiChicago$29K
- Lindsey KalhagenChicago$21K
- Jessica KarlChicago$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.