Phillip Ward, DPM
Podiatrist · Fayetteville, NCNPI 1396749198
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Modulated Imaging, Inc. accounts for 65.7% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,465 and has fallen 73.5% since, to $917 in 2025.
Across 55 payments — averaging $121.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modulated Imaging, Inc.$4K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$538
- Kerecis Limited$229
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$182
- Smith+Nephew$180
- Stryker$164
- plus $997 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,42551%
- Travel & lodging$90314%
- Food & beverage$2,35135%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modulated Imaging, Inc. | 5 | $4,390 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 9 | $538 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $229 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $182 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $180 |
| Stryker | 2 | $164 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Austin Medical Ventures Inc | 1 | $105 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics LLC | 3 | $80 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $49 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $42 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $40 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Amgen | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $24 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $20 |
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
$6,678 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 109 podiatrist providers in North 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Duloxetine Hcl | 67 | $725 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 24 | $648 |
| Celecoxib | 26 | $617 |
| Meloxicam | 140 | $542 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 32 | $388 |
| Ciclopirox | 11 | $371 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 45 | $325 |
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $238 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 43 | $182 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 16 | $170 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $123 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 14 | $97 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Fayetteville
- Brandon AdrianFayetteville$5K
- Steven BowenFayetteville$2K
- Shelli BrewingtonFayetteville$2K
- Jordan MeyersRaleigh$343K
- Christopher GaulandGreenville$56K
- Scott MartinRocky Mount$14K
- Gretchen LawrenceForest City$12K
- William WeilyCharlotte$11K
- Kristin KirbyHuntersville$10K
- Robert PrzynoschWaynesville$9K
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.