Kyle Watford, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Seneca, SCNPI 1225000573
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (57.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Peerless Surgical Inc. at 58.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,988 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $17 in 2025.
Across 17 payments — averaging $137.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$1K
- Stryker$718
- Smith+Nephew$89
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$71
- Johnson & Johnson$55
- Hydrofera LLC$19
- plus $31 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$37516%
- Food & beverage$62126%
- Education$1,34858%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $1,360 |
| Stryker | 7 | $718 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $89 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $55 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| CSL Behring | 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
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $354 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $210 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 33 | $104 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Seneca
- John AdamsGreenville$1M
- Coleman FowbleColumbia$208K
- Kyle JerayGreenville$177K
- Kevin PughFlorence$94K
- Kristoff ReidCharleston$17K
- Thomas SchallerGreenville$16K
- Jeremy SparkmanFlorence$16K
- Jared NewmanCharleston$11K
- Daniel CunninghamColumbia$8K
- James BlackSpartanburg$8K
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.