Eric Ward
Primary Podiatric Medicine · Matthews, NCNPI 1154332815
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. accounts for 64.4% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,456 and has fallen 78.7% since, to $523 in 2025. Among primary podiatric medicine clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 87 payments — averaging $83.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$5K
- Amgen$607
- Stryker$441
- Smith+Nephew$293
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$192
- Linvatec Corporation$171
- plus $887 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,73651%
- Food & beverage$3,55749%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 18 | $4,699 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $607 |
| Stryker | 12 | $441 |
| Smith+Nephew | 10 | $293 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $192 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $171 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $100 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $84 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 4 | $49 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $38 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $35 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $15 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Lapiplasty System$4,213
- KRYSTEXXA$485
- COLINK VALLUX$171
- MOTOBAND$139
- HEALIX KNOTLESS PEEK$139
- Santyl$120
- COLLAGENASE SANTYL$119
- NUZYRA$103
How this compares
$7,292 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 64 primary podiatric medicine providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terbinafine Hcl | 25 | $156 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other primary podiatric medicine in Matthews
- Christopher FuesyMatthews$2K
- Blaise WoesteMatthews$2K
- Ida LimMatthews$1K
- Ronald FutermanMatthews$622
- Edison PicklesimerMatthews$117
- Ashma DavidsonStatesville$32K
- Joseph KiblerSupply$23K
- Jacob PaniciCary$13K
- Ythan WebsterNew Bern$10K
- Jon StancilGreenville$9K
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.