Morris Washington, MD
Surgery · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1801970207
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.5%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 42.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,272 and has fallen 90.1% since, to $918 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in SC 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 143 payments — averaging $122.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Ambu Inc.$4K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Apollo Endosurgery US Inc$935
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$747
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,11518%
- Travel & lodging$3,35319%
- Food & beverage$7,11540%
- Education$4,00023%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 26 | $7,454 |
| Ambu Inc. | 7 | $3,542 |
| Novo Nordisk | 19 | $1,026 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $1,018 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 14 | $935 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 7 | $747 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 21 | $716 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 7 | $323 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $285 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $222 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $194 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $178 |
| Stryker | 1 | $175 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $161 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $135 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $114 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $80 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $74 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $65 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $60 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$6,854
- Overstitch$499
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$496
- INTEGRA$484
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$431
- Reltone 200 Mg$404
- GLYCATE$404
- Reltone 400 Mg$404
- Echelon Flex$377
- Wegovy$355
- SEAMGUARD Staple Line Reinforcement$240
- VOQUEZNA$222
- 1688$175
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$161
- PRIMATRIX$161
- Phasix Mesh$159
- VISTASEAL$132
- Enseal X1$132
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$125
- Saxenda$123
How this compares
$17,584 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 553 surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 11 | $11,520 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 22 | $458 |
| Omeprazole | 17 | $246 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 21 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $80 | $11,52011 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 553 surgery providers in South Carolina.
Other surgery in Myrtle Beach
- Steven MatzingerMyrtle Beach$65K
- Ralph VosburgMyrtle Beach$31K
- Antonio PepeMyrtle Beach$20K
- Hania BednarskiMyrtle Beach$18K
- Ari KramerSpartanburg$502K
- Chitharanjan PullattranaCharleston$408K
- John ScottGreenville$242K
- Jason CundiffGreenville$235K
- Steven KahnCharleston$197K
- John KramerPawleys Island$194K
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.