John Ward, MD
Gastroenterology · Westerville, OHNPI 1013901354
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 36 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 62.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $333 and has fallen 70.3% since, to $99 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $2,203.
Across 36 payments — averaging $31.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$709
- Medtronic$144
- Covidien LP$111
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$89
- Sanofi$27
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$20
- plus $34 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,135100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 24 | $709 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $144 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $111 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $89 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $27 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
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
$1,135 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 657 gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mesalamine | 31 | $17,507 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 311 | $6,081 |
| Omeprazole | 109 | $1,478 |
| Budesonide EcBudesonide | 12 | $1,402 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 96 | $1,377 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 11 | $1,339 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 24 | $932 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 37 | $300 |
| Sulfasalazine | 21 | $263 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Westerville
- Naim AlkhouriWestlake$1.9M
- Pierre GholamCleveland$1.6M
- Anita AfzaliCincinnati$798K
- Mohamed NaemWestlake$708K
- Kara de FeliceCincinnati$427K
- Tasos ManokasColumbus$411K
- Florian RiederCleveland$396K
- Allan PeckCincinnati$391K
- Dany RaadHighland Hills$387K
- Stanley CohenCleveland$338K
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.