Patrick Ward, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Wilmington, DENPI 1023371168
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medline Industries LP at 46.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $26,507, 4.7 times the $5,603 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in DE 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 226 payments — averaging $300.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medline Industries LP$31K
- Stryker$8K
- Theramicro, Inc.$6K
- Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC$6K
- Arthrex$5K
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$4K
- plus $7K from 20 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $25,415 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Restor3d, Inc.$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,22552%
- Travel & lodging$10,84816%
- Food & beverage$10,70516%
- Education$10,72016%
- Gifts$3771%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medline Industries LP | 48 | $31,446 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 70 | $7,781 |
| Theramicro, Inc. | 7 | $5,820 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 16 | $5,637 |
| Arthrex | 17 | $5,311 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 6 | $4,421 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 4 | $1,418 |
| Liberty Surgical Inc. | 3 | $1,274 |
| Vilex LLC | 6 | $1,239 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $750 |
| Eclipse Technology Solutions Inc. | 6 | $625 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 8 | $530 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $343 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 7 | $313 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $188 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $162 |
| Ossio Inc | 2 | $157 |
| Flower Orthopedics Coporation | 3 | $156 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $112 |
| Forma Medical | 1 | $67 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- MEDLINE$45,959
- MEDLINE UNITE$35,429
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$22,979
- PENDING$22,979
- TekBrace Solo$5,820
- MJFS4536$4,150
- INFINITY$2,752
- FibFix$2,000
- HINTERMANN$1,078
- PROPHECY$1,029
- PROstep$801
- INVISION$731
- INBONE$714
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$486
- 7 X 23MM CITRELOCK IMPLANT$270
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$173
- LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM 1$170
- TL-HEX$168
- TrueLok Ring Fixation System$168
- CITREFIX$143
How this compares
$67,875 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 70 orthopaedic surgery providers in Delaware.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 129 | $952 |
| Gabapentin | 73 | $514 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 43 | $354 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $92 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $52 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Wilmington
- Suken ShahWilmington$2.1M
- Steven DelloseWilmington$52K
- James RubanoWilmington$39K
- Nicholas QuercettiWilmington$32K
- Michael PrincipeWilmington$29K
- David TainterWilmington$26K
- Akul PatelWilmington$21K
- Alfonso ArevaloWilmington$18K
- Michael ShraderWilmington$14K
- Brian GalinatWilmington$13K
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.