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William Alan Ward, MD

NPI 1417930587ActiveIndividual· Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery· Charlotte, NC

Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery (MD) in Charlotte, North Carolina, licensed in NC, with an NPI issued in November 2005. 326 Medicare patients in 2024, $144,877 paid; nearly all of their 188 Part D prescriptions were generic (99%). Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. reported $102.42 in payments in 2025, mostly food and beverage. A record with the same name and state is on the OIG exclusion list; it carries no NPI, so check it before acting.

Overview

NPI1417930587
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedNov 22, 2005
Last updated in NPPESOct 17, 2011

Specialties and licenses

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Exclusion screening

Possible match: verify before acting. The OIG list has a record with the same name in North Carolina, but that record carries no NPI, so it may be a different person or business.

Matched byName on OIG listExclusion typeExcluded sinceLocation
Name + stateWilliam Shane Ward · Nurse/Nurses Aide1128b4Jan 19, 2017Thomasville, NC
ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026Possible (name)See above
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Hand Surgery (NC); Practitioner - Orthopedic Surgery (SC)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients326
Services billed1,720 across 79 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$144,877

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)188 · 196 30-day fills
Patients131
Total drug cost$15,271
Generic share99% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$102.42 · 3 payments from 1 company
  • 2024$94.24 · 3 payments from 2 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$102.423

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$102.42 · 3 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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