Covered recipient · General Payments record
BLAKE DARBY BALLARD
Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant Surgical
General Payments · PY2024
$963.14
- Reported across 13 records
- CMS publication 2026-01-23
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 payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $796.43 | 3 |
| Food and Beverage | $166.71 | 10 |
By paying entity
PY2024 · sorted by reported total
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| UNITED ORTHOPEDICS LLC | $474.53 | 1 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $459.90 | 11 |
| Bioventus LLC | $28.71 | 1 |
By program year
All program years on this page · sorted by year
| Program year | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| PY2024 | $963.14 | 13 |
Payment records · PY2024 (13)
Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS
| Paying entity | Amount | Date | Nature of payment | Dispute status | Published | Record ID | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthrex, Inc. | $160.95 | 07/21/2024 | Travel and Lodging | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575249 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $160.95 | 07/22/2024 | Travel and Lodging | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575247 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $10.00 | 07/22/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575251 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $10.00 | 07/22/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575253 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $10.00 | 07/22/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575255 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $24.00 | 07/22/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575265 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $30.00 | 07/22/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575267 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $24.00 | 07/23/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575257 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $10.00 | 07/23/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575259 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $10.00 | 07/23/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575261 | CMS |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $10.00 | 07/23/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1146575263 | CMS |
| Bioventus LLC | $28.71 | 06/17/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1137452600 | CMS |
| United Orthopedics LLC | $474.53 | 06/13/2024 | Travel and Lodging | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1126614561 | 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
- 2024
- Source files
- Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2024
- Generated from
- OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv
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