Beth Ward, MD
Sleep Medicine · Chesterfield, MONPI 1114945839
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. accounts for 71.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $915 and has fallen 78.6% since, to $196 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $98.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$324
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$116
- Resmed Corp$90
- Merck$36
- Itamar Medical Inc$35
- plus $19 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$90042%
- Food & beverage$1,26358%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $1,543 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $324 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 3 | $116 |
| Resmed Corp | 4 | $90 |
| Merck | 2 | $36 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 3 | $35 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- SUNOSI$1,040
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$278
- XYREM$140
- XYWAV$140
How this compares
$2,163 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 33 sleep medicine providers in Missouri.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XywavSodium,calcium,mag,pot Oxybate | 11 | $149,235 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 31 | $20,700 |
| Pramipexole ErPramipexole Di-Hcl | 17 | $5,429 |
| Zaleplon | 61 | $1,541 |
| Ropinirole ErRopinirole Hcl | 20 | $1,374 |
| Temazepam | 32 | $1,323 |
| Eszopiclone | 43 | $1,272 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 40 | $727 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 36 | $661 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 52 | $532 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $482 |
| Clonazepam | 32 | $229 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $224 |
| Methadone Hcl | 22 | $181 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate ErZolpidem Tartrate | 14 | $171 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| MerckBelsomra | $36 | $20,70031 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 33 sleep medicine providers in Missouri.
Other sleep medicine in Chesterfield
- Steven GradneySpringfield$926K
- Raman MalhotraSaint Louis$7K
- David IngramKansas City$7K
- Joseph Roland EspirituSt. Louis$7K
- Rutwik PatelSaint Louis$4K
- Essam ElkadyJoplin$3K
- David KuhlmannSedalia$3K
- Oscar SchwartzSaint Louis$3K
- Scott ShortenNorth Kansas City$2K
- Jason MaxfieldJoplin$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.