Total Payments
$14,913
2024 Payments
$4,105
Companies
19
Transactions
218
Medicare Patients
6,666
Medicare Billing
$521,814

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$6,875 (46.1%)
Food & Beverage$3,866 (25.9%)
Research$2,387 (16.0%)
Travel$911.07 (6.1%)
Education$875.33 (5.9%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $6,875 1 46.1%
Food and Beverage $3,866 204 25.9%
Unspecified $2,387 1 16.0%
Travel and Lodging $911.07 1 6.1%
Education $875.33 11 5.9%

Payments by Type

General
$12,527
217 transactions
Research
$2,387
1 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Lilly USA, LLC $9,115 62 $0 (2024)
Eli Lilly and Company $2,387 1 $0 (2024)
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $1,059 32 $0 (2024)
ABBVIE INC. $523.39 46 $0 (2024)
GENZYME CORPORATION $409.25 23 $0 (2024)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $342.63 6 $0 (2024)
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $268.45 20 $0 (2024)
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC $224.58 4 $0 (2024)
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $184.99 2 $0 (2024)
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $139.98 2 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $4,105 108 Eli Lilly and Company ($2,387)
2023 $9,218 66 Lilly USA, LLC ($8,497)
2022 $744.84 25 Lilly USA, LLC ($310.76)
2021 $179.45 4 Janssen Biotech, Inc. ($151.99)
2020 $517.73 7 Janssen Biotech, Inc. ($289.93)
2019 $103.84 2 Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC ($90.14)
2018 $11.27 2 STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. ($11.27)
2017 $33.19 4 STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. ($33.19)

All Payment Transactions

218 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 9

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/24/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. GRAFIX PL (Medical Supply) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.17 General
Category: Other Advanced Wound Management
12/12/2024 Lilly USA, LLC EBGLYSS (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.16 General
Category: Immunology
12/12/2024 Lilly USA, LLC EBGLYSS (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.25 General
Category: Immunology
12/11/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.55 General
Category: Immunology
12/11/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.12 General
Category: Immunology
12/05/2024 SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC DUPIXENT (Biological) Education In-kind items and services $85.00 General
Category: Immunology
12/05/2024 GENZYME CORPORATION DUPIXENT (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.59 General
Category: Immunology
11/26/2024 ABBVIE INC. SKYRIZI (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.10 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
11/19/2024 Lilly USA, LLC TALTZ (Drug), EBGLYSS Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.10 General
Category: Immunology
11/19/2024 Lilly USA, LLC TALTZ (Drug), EBGLYSS Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $1.50 General
Category: Immunology
11/13/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.21 General
Category: Immunology
11/13/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.04 General
Category: Immunology
11/13/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $1.52 General
Category: Immunology
11/12/2024 E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. Sotyktu (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $19.08 General
Category: Immunology
11/07/2024 GENZYME CORPORATION DUPIXENT (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.89 General
Category: Immunology
11/06/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation COSENTYX (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.24 General
Category: Dermatology
11/06/2024 E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. Sotyktu (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $7.00 General
Category: Immunology
10/30/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.54 General
Category: Immunology
10/30/2024 ABBVIE INC. SKYRIZI (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.61 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
10/30/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $2.25 General
Category: Immunology
10/24/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.03 General
Category: Immunology
10/14/2024 Lilly USA, LLC TALTZ (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.10 General
Category: Immunology
10/14/2024 Lilly USA, LLC TALTZ (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $1.18 General
Category: Immunology
10/08/2024 ABBVIE INC. RINVOQ (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.44 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
10/08/2024 ABBVIE INC. RINVOQ (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $1.42 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF IXEKIZUMAB OR IXEKIZUMAB CONCOMITANTLY ADMINISTERED WITH TIRZEPATIDE IN ADULT PARTICIPANTS WITH MODERATE-TO-SEVERE PLAQUE PSORIASIS AND OBESITY OR OVERWEIGHT: A PHASE 3B, RANDOMIZED, MULTICENTER, OPEN-LABEL STUDY (TOGETHER-PSO) Eli Lilly and Company $2,387 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 28 1,739 2,922 $527,780 $144,077
2022 23 1,548 2,561 $487,892 $135,258
2021 23 1,320 2,331 $448,710 $133,463
2020 21 2,059 3,401 $343,722 $109,016
Total Patients
6,666
Total Services
11,215
Medicare Billing
$521,814
Procedure Codes
95

All Medicare Procedures & Services

95 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 333 449 $123,485 $38,053 30.8%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 283 350 $69,910 $21,842 31.2%
17110 Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths Office 2023 222 271 $81,300 $19,739 24.3%
13121 Complicated repair of wound of scalp, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm Office 2023 27 30 $29,015 $9,958 34.3%
17000 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth Office 2023 210 244 $39,156 $8,285 21.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 58 58 $23,200 $6,412 27.6%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 90 90 $25,650 $6,380 24.9%
13101 Complicated repair of wound of trunk, 2.6-7.5 cm Office 2023 20 20 $19,000 $5,998 31.6%
13132 Complicated repair of wound of forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, or feet, 2.6-7.5 cm Office 2023 12 12 $12,820 $4,370 34.1%
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths Office 2023 150 768 $18,432 $3,426 18.6%
11301 Shaving of skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 0.6-1.0 cm Office 2023 29 35 $9,925 $2,375 23.9%
11302 Shaving of skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm Office 2023 17 21 $7,560 $1,894 25.1%
17004 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths Office 2023 14 14 $5,304 $1,804 34.0%
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth Office 2023 21 21 $7,350 $1,788 24.3%
11602 Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm Office 2023 18 20 $13,000 $1,724 13.3%
10060 Simple or single drainage of skin abscess Office 2023 14 16 $4,824 $1,469 30.5%
11311 Shaving of skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, 0.6-1.0 cm Office 2023 17 17 $6,375 $1,401 22.0%
11603 Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 2.1-3.0 cm Office 2023 11 11 $6,850 $1,305 19.0%
17111 Destruction of skin growth, 15 or more growths Office 2023 12 14 $4,300 $1,199 27.9%
90662 Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free Office 2023 13 13 $1,040 $935.09 89.9%
96372 Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle Office 2023 31 90 $4,950 $819.45 16.6%
11102 Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth Office 2023 13 13 $3,705 $711.84 19.2%
11200 Removal of skin tag, 1-15 skin tags Office 2023 22 23 $5,175 $635.56 12.3%
G0008 Administration of influenza virus vaccine Office 2023 13 14 $490.00 $417.76 85.3%
36415 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample Office 2023 23 45 $585.00 $369.82 63.2%

About Michael Blankinship

Michael Blankinship is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Fargo, North Dakota. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/03/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1780826867.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Michael Blankinship has received a total of $14,913 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $4,105 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 218 transactions from 19 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($6,875).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Blankinship has provided services to 6,666 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 11,215 services with total Medicare billing of $521,814. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 95 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • TREMFYA (Drug) $1,193
  • TALTZ (Drug) $936.74
  • DUPIXENT (Biological) $558.49
  • Sotyktu (Drug) $252.52
  • RINVOQ (Biological) $248.72
  • SKYRIZI (Biological) $219.94
  • Santyl (Drug) $124.87
  • OLUMIANT (Drug) $124.79
  • GRAFIX (Medical Supply) $123.36
  • GRAFIX PL (Medical Supply) $94.40
  • Tremfya (Drug) $90.14
  • XTRAC (Device) $49.42
  • HUMIRA (Biological) $46.28
  • ADBRY (Biological) $38.38
  • Bimzelx (Biological) $33.40
  • COSENTYX (Drug) $29.59
  • BELSOMRA (Drug) $17.18
  • EBGLYSS (Drug) $16.41
  • COSENTYX (Biological) $16.32
  • HADLIMA (Drug) $15.04

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Doctors in Fargo