Christopher Ward, MD
Vascular Surgery · Coeur D Alene, IDNPI 1598964215
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,685 of the $5,224 with a category attached, or 89.7%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 33.3% of the total.
Across 166 payments — averaging $31.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Abbott$339
- Penumbra, Inc.$321
- Johnson & Johnson$265
- Cook Medical LLC$247
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$53910%
- Food & beverage$4,68590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 70 | $1,741 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 22 | $1,190 |
| Abbott | 5 | $339 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $321 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $265 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 5 | $247 |
| Novartis | 9 | $167 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $137 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $132 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $128 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $113 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $70 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $45 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $42 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $39 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Amgen | 2 | $34 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $29 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $23 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$5,224 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 28 vascular surgery providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 21 | $265 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 16 | $144 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Coeur D Alene
- Matthew LowCoeur D Alene$6K
- Bryce FrenchCoeur D Alene$4K
- Philip KladarCoeur D Alene$1K
- Gregory LandryCoeur D Alene$1K
- Douglas StaffordCoeur D Alene$911
- Robert PereyraCoeur D Alene$834
- Elliot AdamsTwin Falls$99K
- Michael TullisMeridian$45K
- Kenneth MadsenBoise$11K
- Louis ZhangBoise$7K
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.