Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

JOSEPH M BLANDFORD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1124020300
CMS profile
231745
Location
LOUISVILLE, KY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,516.34

  • Reported across 68 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$343.84

15 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $343.84 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Kerecis Limited $111.17 3
Acera Surgical, Inc. $57.19 3
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $39.86 2
Innovation Technologies Inc $28.86 1
TELA Bio, Inc. $27.25 2
AVITA MEDICAL AMERICAS, LLC $26.40 1
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $21.29 1
ORGANOGENESIS INC. $17.96 1
Medtronic, Inc. $13.86 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $72.33 3
PY2019 $95.26 7
PY2020 $53.21 4
PY2021 $130.23 5
PY2022 $415.86 19
PY2023 $405.61 15
PY2024 $343.84 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Acera Surgical, Inc. $22.13 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152410424 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $19.38 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152410422 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $15.68 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152410420 CMS
Avita Medical Americas, Llc $26.40 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126197969 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $21.29 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120629672 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $28.86 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130819347 CMS
Kerecis Limited $45.69 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120095507 CMS
Kerecis Limited $39.85 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120111587 CMS
Kerecis Limited $25.63 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120104472 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.86 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117072026 CMS
Organogenesis Inc. $17.96 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145419807 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $26.46 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149565433 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $13.40 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149565431 CMS
TELA Bio, Inc. $10.47 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154225028 CMS
TELA Bio, Inc. $16.78 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154225030 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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