Steven Blanken, DPM
Podiatrist · Silver Spring, MDNPI 1194704023
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,066 of the $4,894 with a category attached, or 83.1%. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 100 payments — averaging $48.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$625
- Convatec Inc.$524
- Smith+Nephew$350
- Vaporox, Inc.$314
- Bioventus LLC$266
- Medtronic$239
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$54911%
- Food & beverage$4,06683%
- Gifts$1473%
- Entertainment$1323%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 14 | $625 |
| Convatec Inc. | 8 | $524 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $350 |
| Vaporox, Inc. | 2 | $314 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $266 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $239 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $236 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 4 | $235 |
| Amgen | 6 | $207 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $198 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $176 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 3 | $161 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $152 |
| Nuo Therapeutics | 1 | $132 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $107 |
| Merck | 2 | $94 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $94 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $87 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $40 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $26 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $8 |
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.
- InnovaMatrix AC$529
- VHT-200 Wound Treatment System$314
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$248
- Senza$246
- GRAFIX PL$225
- INCEPTIV$130
- Baxdela$125
- NUZYRA$119
- KRYSTEXXA$116
- STRAVIX MESH$110
- OASIS MICRO$110
- ClosureFast$109
- LUZU$100
- JUBLIA$100
How this compares
$4,894 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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
- Brandon BlankenSilver Spring$12K
- Haseeb AhmadSilver Spring$9K
- Priya ParthasarathySilver Spring$6K
- 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.