Paul Ware, MD
Surgery · Gulfport, MSNPI 1053374041
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 48.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,483 and has fallen 82.3% since, to $615 in 2025.
Across 188 payments — averaging $48.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$479
- Medtronic$402
- Davol Inc.$291
- Vertex$103
- plus $899 from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,57017%
- Food & beverage$5,12156%
- Education$2,50027%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 16 | $4,416 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 77 | $2,602 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 31 | $479 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $402 |
| Davol Inc. | 6 | $291 |
| Vertex | 5 | $103 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 5 | $72 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $71 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $60 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $44 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $42 |
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Merck | 2 | $33 |
| Cardinal Health 414 LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $29 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $22 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Focal Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $14 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $11 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$2,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,613
- LigaSure$100
How this compares
$9,191 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 223 surgery providers in Mississippi.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $208 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Gulfport
- David BaileyGulfport$491K
- Kristine CarterGulfport$12K
- Amy SchellerGulfport$8K
- Daniel ForeSouthaven$254K
- Jason WilliamsOcean Springs$106K
- Laura VickJackson$77K
- Juvonda HodgeJackson$77K
- Richard McAdoryTupelo$39K
- Andy HolleyCorinth$38K
- Terry PinsonTupelo$35K
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.