Question 1

Has Arthur Wardell, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $1,793 in general payments to Arthur Wardell, MD across 47 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 2

Does a payment mean Arthur Wardell, MD did something wrong?

Accepted Answer

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Question 3

Where does this information about Arthur Wardell, MD come from?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Company	Payments	Total
Fortis Surgical, LLC	2	$1,200
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.	42	$524
Fidia Pharma USA Inc.	2	$39
Abbott	1	$30

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Celecoxib	22	$1,191
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	121	$1,143
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine	69	$588
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen	39	$538
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl	93	$447
Gabapentin	19	$261
Ibuprofen	53	$252
Tramadol Hcl	60	$249
Diclofenac Sodium	29	$243
Oxycodone Hcl	24	$122
Naproxen	18	$111
Nortriptyline Hcl	13	$96
Prednisone	24	$71
Meloxicam	23	$39

Arthur Wardell, MD

Payments from drug & device makers

Who reported the general payments

How this compares

Medicare billing

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