Brandon Blank
Physician Assistant · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1770923682
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 54 payments — averaging $47.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$309
- Merck$270
- Argenx US, Inc.$240
- AstraZeneca$229
- Novo Nordisk$173
- Sanofi$154
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,575100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $309 |
| Merck | 6 | $270 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $229 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $173 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $154 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $148 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 3 | $139 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Abbott | 1 | $114 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Bayer | 1 | $111 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $95 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $81 |
| GSK | 5 | $77 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $40 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $12 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,575 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 91 | $2,565 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 19 | $2,443 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 50 | $1,734 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 48 | $1,243 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 59 | $839 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 24 | $707 |
| Famotidine | 21 | $692 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 20 | $657 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 57 | $640 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 47 | $555 |
| Mupirocin | 30 | $421 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $216 |
| Prednisone | 67 | $185 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Winston Salem
- Mark PaneWinston Salem$123K
- Amber KellerWinston Salem$65K
- Lauren ImbodenWinston Salem$26K
- Unique RobinsonWinston Salem$24K
- Yavonne JohnsonWinston Salem$23K
- Christian BowlinWinston Salem$23K
- Kelly ConnerWinston Salem$22K
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.