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

MELISSA BLASINGAME

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner Family

NPI
1518640580
CMS profile
11508516
Location
CHATTANOOGA, TN

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$1,420.19

  • Reported across 32 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,190.52

30 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 $1,190.52 30

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Amgen Inc. $678.23 19
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $299.96 6
ABIOMED $172.95 3
Vital Connect, Inc $23.18 1
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $16.20 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $229.67 2
PY2024 $1,190.52 30

Payment records · PY2024 (30)

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

Program year 2024 2023 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
ABIOMED $19.17 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142280671 CMS
ABIOMED $134.96 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142280701 CMS
ABIOMED $18.82 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142280663 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.44 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117204992 CMS
Amgen Inc. $4.80 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117204994 CMS
Amgen Inc. $63.84 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117204998 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.50 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117204996 CMS
Amgen Inc. $98.91 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205006 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.16 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205000 CMS
Amgen Inc. $11.67 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205002 CMS
Amgen Inc. $53.64 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117509132 CMS
Amgen Inc. $5.86 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205004 CMS
Amgen Inc. $6.51 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205008 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.12 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205010 CMS
Amgen Inc. $108.79 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117509134 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.40 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205012 CMS
Amgen Inc. $11.21 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117509136 CMS
Amgen Inc. $6.07 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205014 CMS
Amgen Inc. $6.64 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205016 CMS
Amgen Inc. $125.00 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117205018 CMS
Amgen Inc. $71.78 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117509138 CMS
Amgen Inc. $11.89 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117509140 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $25.30 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086759775 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.35 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086759773 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $107.81 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086759777 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $11.50 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086759779 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $109.11 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086759783 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.89 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086759785 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $16.20 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114273889 CMS
Vital Connect, Inc $23.18 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120139134 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
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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