Sameh Ward, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Johnson City, TNNPI 1215987938
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.4% of the total across 326 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,642 and has fallen 57.1% since, to $705 in 2025.
Across 326 payments — averaging $19.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$588
- Nevro Corp.$459
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$418
- Boston Scientific$314
- Abbott$188
- plus $982 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$59510%
- Food & beverage$5,60490%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 186 | $3,251 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 38 | $588 |
| Nevro Corp. | 15 | $459 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $418 |
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $314 |
| Abbott | 12 | $188 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $181 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $116 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 7 | $95 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $76 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 5 | $74 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $50 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $44 |
| Amgen | 2 | $37 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $26 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 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.
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$621
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$510
- SPRINT PNS System$418
- Omnia$235
- Accurian$164
- BELBUCA$119
How this compares
$6,200 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 41 interventional pain medicine providers in Tennessee.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxcarbazepine | 59 | $2,247 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $945 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 32 | $861 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 22 | $849 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 55 | $485 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 47 | $375 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 30 | $313 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 25 | $304 |
| Pregabalin | 15 | $268 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 13 | $262 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $226 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $179 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Johnson City
- Michael WilkinsonJohnson City$35K
- Cameron ShawverJohnson City$15K
- William WilliamsJohnson City$4K
- William NewtonWinchester$225K
- Ryan BearerWinchester$35K
- Jacob MillsMountain Home$24K
- Matthew KangasMemphis$22K
- Matthew RupertFranklin$17K
- Adolfo CuadraKnoxville$15K
- Christine LeslieMorristown$12K
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.