Brian Blake, MD
Sports Medicine · Canton, OHNPI 1124278668
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 20 payments — averaging $164.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$100
- Zimmer Biomet$90
- Theragen, Inc.$54
- Smith+Nephew$24
- plus $27 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$57417%
- Food & beverage$47114%
- Education$2,24168%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 4 | $1,558 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 6 | $1,433 |
| Stryker | 2 | $100 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $90 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,286 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 278 sports medicine providers in Ohio.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 70 | $1,613 |
| Methylprednisolone | 163 | $973 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 69 | $524 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 66 | $414 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 42 | $318 |
| Meloxicam | 65 | $287 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 76 | $230 |
| Cefadroxil | 20 | $99 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 20 | $91 |
| Cephalexin | 41 | $43 |
| Amoxicillin | 41 | $32 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 15 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Canton
- David FlaniganColumbus$1.7M
- Robert HeidtCincinnati$911K
- Thomas EllisDublin$427K
- Paul SaluanCleveland$367K
- Vincent SammarcoCincinnati$361K
- Jovan LaskovskiAkron$337K
- Julie BishopColumbus$322K
- Brian GraweCincinnati$293K
- Kurt SpindlerGarfiled Heights$272K
- Mark SchickendantzCleveland$251K
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.