Nancy Ward
General Practice · Baltimore, MDNPI 1700095833
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $245,380 of the $282,391 with a category attached, or 86.9%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $161,847, 6.0 times the $26,865 reported in 2019. Among general practice clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 169 payments — averaging $1670.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$282K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$87
- Henry Schein, Inc.$48
- Nobel Biocare USA$20
- Kerr Corporation$20
- Ormco Corporation$13
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$245,38087%
- Travel & lodging$28,44810%
- Food & beverage$7,8133%
- Education$2500%
- Gifts$4100%
- Charitable contribution$900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Align Technology, Inc. | 163 | $282,203 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 2 | $87 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $20 |
| Kerr Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Ormco Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Invisalign$277,351
- Itero$7,394
- Invisalign First - Comprehensive Phase 2$109
How this compares
$282,391 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,843 general practice providers in Maryland.
Other general practice in Baltimore
- Edward SwansonBaltimore$123K
- Charles WardBaltimore$20K
- Michael DurryBaltimore$6K
- Steven LitwinBaltimore$5K
- Stephen YounissBaltimore$5K
- Yelena ShirkinBaltimore$5K
- Craig WashingtonFrederick$271K
- Paul NiesenGaithersburg$257K
- Kevin FriedmanBethesda$148K
- Gregori KurtzmanSilver Spring$112K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.