Jeffrey Ward, MD
Medical Oncology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1356652176
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.0%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 26.6% of the total.
Across 33 payments — averaging $539.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$5K
- Novocure GmbH$4K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$2K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2K
- Novocure Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 7 others
Across 70 payments — averaging $15,635 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Merck$437K
- Pfizer$206K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$127K
- Novocure Inc.$99K
- AstraZeneca$69K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$43K
- plus $114K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,06951%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,98034%
- Travel & lodging$9445%
- Food & beverage$1,5869%
- Education$2201%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $4,743 |
| Novocure GmbH | 1 | $3,500 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $2,652 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 1 | $1,920 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $1,575 |
| Novocure Inc. | 8 | $1,512 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $1,290 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 2 | $122 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $115 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
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
$17,799 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 144 medical oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AlecensaAlectinib Hcl | 13 | $271,501 |
| EliquisApixaban | 25 | $17,222 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 38 | $923 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 43 | $788 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 46 | $781 |
| Gabapentin | 31 | $703 |
| Dexamethasone | 53 | $655 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 16 | $230 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $201 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 29 | $156 |
| Prednisone | 25 | $95 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 16 | $61 |
| Lorazepam | 34 | $53 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 12 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Douglas AdkinsSaint Louis$141K
- Milan ChhedaSaint Louis$105K
- Maurice WillisSaint Louis$101K
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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.