Gregory Blanton, MD
Emergency Medicine · Washington, DCNPI 1689992760
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,306 of the $1,658 with a category attached, or 78.8%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 78.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,368 and has fallen 95.4% since, to $62 in 2025. Among emergency medicine clinicians in DC 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 15 payments — averaging $110.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$154
- Vapotherm Inc$106
- Johnson & Johnson$62
- Vertex$17
- Minerva Surgical, Inc$13
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,30679%
- Food & beverage$35221%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $1,306 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 7 | $154 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $106 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $62 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,287
- VAPOTHERM$106
How this compares
$1,658 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 271 emergency medicine providers in District of Columbia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 27 | $291 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $190 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $174 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 23 | $89 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $55 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other emergency medicine in Washington
- James D'ortaWashington$750K
- Larissa MayWashington$174K
- Andrew MeltzerWashington$114K
- Sarah BerghoffWashington$112K
- Erica ValdovinosWashington$37K
- Aisha LiferidgeWashington$33K
- David YamaneWashington$17K
- Yiju LiuWashington$12K
- Judy LinWashington$8K
- Aaran DrakeWashington$7K
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.