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

MATTHEW ALDRIDGE WARD

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant Medical

NPI
1265840029
CMS profile
1299914
Location
HICKORY, NC

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$3,712.70

  • Reported across 213 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$696.21

33 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
Food and Beverage $696.21 33

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $1,006.03 60
PY2022 $1,079.70 71
PY2023 $930.76 49
PY2024 $696.21 33

Payment records · PY2024 (33)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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
ABBVIE INC. $21.44 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108379003 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.60 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108379005 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.55 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108379007 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.13 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108379009 CMS
Amgen Inc. $6.81 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117713504 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.29 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117713506 CMS
Amgen Inc. $125.00 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117410628 CMS
Amgen Inc. $8.54 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117713508 CMS
Amgen Inc. $6.46 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117713510 CMS
Amgen Inc. $5.22 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117713512 CMS
Amgen Inc. $5.06 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117713514 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.08 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104502326 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.94 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105555282 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $27.54 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105602524 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.49 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105405234 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.41 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104594182 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.64 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105278783 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.15 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117941331 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $29.59 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117941333 CMS
Eisai Inc. $19.62 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110814218 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $16.31 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114945263 CMS
Mylan Specialty L.P. $26.46 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147288332 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.31 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100443897 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $9.43 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100634919 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.35 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100397244 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $17.83 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100313947 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $11.27 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100267474 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $7.74 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100501653 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.81 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100427931 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.66 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100550246 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $26.52 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100556335 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.06 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100635013 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $15.90 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137840967 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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