Brandon Blanken, DPM
Podiatrist · Silver Spring, MDNPI 1134758907
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.4%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 26.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,209, 4.9 times the $867 reported in 2022. Among podiatrist clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 137 payments — averaging $84.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$1K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Trilliant Surgical LLC.$579
- Kerecis Limited$305
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1501%
- Travel & lodging$5,61248%
- Food & beverage$5,86650%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 40 | $3,080 |
| Arthrex | 28 | $2,237 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 15 | $1,344 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 8 | $1,114 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $579 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $305 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $295 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 3 | $279 |
| Lifenet Health | 3 | $233 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $225 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $203 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $171 |
| Amgen | 2 | $154 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Novastep Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $133 |
| Nuo Therapeutics | 1 | $132 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $113 |
| Abbott | 1 | $103 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $87 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $83 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $66 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $34 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $26 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- PROstep$1,825
- PROPHECY$1,017
- SALVATION$894
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$894
- TrueLok$877
- Arsenal Sinus Support Plate$579
- Arsenal Ankle$579
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$558
- INTEGRA$462
- GRAFIX PL$225
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$186
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$186
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$154
- PRIMATRIX$154
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$152
- CITREFIX$152
- Viaflow$152
- TheraGenesis Wound Matrix$150
- CellerateRx$149
- NEXIS$142
How this compares
$11,627 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 183 podiatrist providers in Maryland.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other podiatrist in Silver Spring
- Holly BeckSilver Spring$15K
- Haseeb AhmadSilver Spring$9K
- Priya ParthasarathySilver Spring$6K
- Steven BlankenSilver Spring$5K
- Howard OstermanSilver Spring$3K
- Jennifer GerresSilver Spring$3K
- Adam LowySilver Spring$3K
- Ijeoma NwujuBethesda$601K
- David Linla Plata$75K
- Ira GottliebPasadena$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.