Gregory Blankenship
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Columbus, OHNPI 1942846365
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.9% of the total across 630 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,839, 7.9 times the $488 reported in 2022. Among psychiatric/mental health clinicians in OH 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 630 payments — averaging $16.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$1K
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$849
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$847
- plus $4K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,94498%
- Education$2142%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 80 | $1,242 |
| AbbVie | 109 | $1,150 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 49 | $1,111 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 85 | $1,091 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 39 | $849 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 36 | $847 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 54 | $842 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 37 | $669 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 32 | $610 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 41 | $534 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 21 | $338 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 17 | $253 |
| Indivior Inc. | 8 | $166 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $125 |
| Eitan Medical North America, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $15 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Auvelity$121
How this compares
$10,158 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,808 psychiatric/mental health 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 16 | $105,933 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 34 | $45,545 |
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 12 | $25,966 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 23 | $11,079 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 50 | $8,350 |
| Paliperidone ErPaliperidone | 39 | $6,559 |
| Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 13 | $3,069 |
| Aripiprazole | 37 | $2,481 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 32 | $2,242 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 22 | $1,825 |
| Methylphenidate ErMethylphenidate Hcl | 12 | $1,168 |
| Oxcarbazepine | 15 | $1,143 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 31 | $898 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 135 | $792 |
| Prazosin Hcl | 47 | $565 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $1,111 | $105,93316 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar | $1,150 | $45,54534 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonInvega Sustenna | $610 | $25,96612 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $125 | $11,07923 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $33 | $36337 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,808 psychiatric/mental health providers in Ohio.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Columbus
- Holly SchweitzerColumbus$78K
- David HuffmanColumbus$50K
- Tarsicio GacheruColumbus$18K
- Alicja MatusiakColumbus$11K
- Summer LawsonColumbus$11K
- Jennifer WilsonColumbus$10K
- Crystal TravisJackson$333K
- Kristina RoweIronton$253K
- Patricia SparksPortsmouth$210K
- Mary HallWarren$195K
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.