Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

RUSSELL E WARE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

NPI
1174526735
CMS profile
425093
Location
CINCINNATI, OH

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$72,502.26

  • Reported across 45 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$33,594.94

14 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $18,596.25 3
Travel and Lodging $14,762.69 7
Food and Beverage $236.00 4

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Novo Nordisk Health Care AG $21,319.25 4
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $7,350.69 9
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $4,925.00 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $15,080.63 24
PY2020 $4,860.00 2
PY2021 $6,250.00 1
PY2022 $12,613.33 3
PY2023 $103.36 1
PY2024 $33,594.94 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $734.19 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141818283 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $329.00 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141905328 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $49.76 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141818279 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $291.00 04/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141818281 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $51.43 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141818449 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $58.81 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141818451 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $196.50 04/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141905330 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $150.00 04/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141579066 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $5,490.00 04/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141579068 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $4,925.00 06/19/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087434460 CMS
Novo Nordisk Health Care AG $8,181.25 05/27/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096553670 CMS
Novo Nordisk Health Care AG $12,298.00 05/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096553738 CMS
Novo Nordisk Health Care AG $764.00 05/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096553750 CMS
Novo Nordisk Health Care AG $76.00 05/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096553830 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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