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

BENJAMIN D WARD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1285839894
CMS profile
1197718
Location
KALISPELL, MT

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$10,707.84

  • Reported across 68 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$2,080.32

19 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

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $1,252.12 3
Food and Beverage $828.20 16

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Arthrex, Inc. $1,261.59 15
SIOUX SURGICAL INC $777.22 3
Vericel Corporation $41.51 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,835.89 10
PY2019 $3,895.93 25
PY2020 $101.08 2
PY2021 $1,690.39 10
PY2022 $104.23 2
PY2023 $2,080.32 19

Payment records · PY2023 (19)

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

Program year 2023 20182019202020212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Arthrex, Inc. $2.80 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878613 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $6.21 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878621 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $16.53 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878627 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $43.16 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878641 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $44.94 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878649 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $45.10 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878655 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $74.20 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878673 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $74.31 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878679 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $79.69 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878685 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $89.80 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878695 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $110.13 05/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878701 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $257.86 05/26/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878709 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $257.86 05/26/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878715 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $71.17 06/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878635 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $87.83 06/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1045878667 CMS
SIOUX SURGICAL INC $736.40 03/06/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1024711115 CMS
SIOUX SURGICAL INC $23.53 04/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1024711109 CMS
SIOUX SURGICAL INC $17.29 06/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1024711121 CMS
Vericel Corporation $41.51 05/31/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1044962447 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
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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