Samantha Blackburn
Family · Meridian, IDNPI 1811534613
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.2% of the total across 276 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 25.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,632, more than ten times the $64 reported in 2021. Among family clinicians in ID 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 276 payments — averaging $17.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Alkermes, Inc.$519
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$287
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$277
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$259
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$259
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,70598%
- Education$852%
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.
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
$4,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 809 family providers in Idaho.
Other family in Meridian
- Michael ParkerMeridian$69K
- Brian KittelsonMeridian$16K
- Avery DinalloMeridian$8K
- Jessica EvermanMeridian$6K
- Scott WilloughbyMeridian$6K
- Jennifer CookMeridian$6K
- Angela GrantMeridian$5K
- Ladessa ChristensenMeridian$4K
- Bobbi BullockNampa$609K
- Jessica BraksiekBoise$41K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.