Chad Willis, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Bowling Green, KYNPI 1184087959
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (42.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alpha Orthopedic Systems at 29.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,562 and has fallen 69.6% since, to $1,082 in 2025.
Across 104 payments — averaging $103.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$932
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$864
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$700
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,59643%
- Food & beverage$4,10438%
- Education$2,02219%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 17 | $3,157 |
| Stryker | 29 | $2,138 |
| Arthrex | 27 | $1,923 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 5 | $932 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 4 | $864 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $700 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $227 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $185 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $129 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Medartis Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Vertex | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Portfolio$680
- Lapiplasty$680
- INFINITY$334
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$290
- VARIAX$148
- ANCHORAGE$139
- CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER$117
- INBONE$111
- MONKEY RINGS$109
- N/A$106
- EVOS$103
- TRIGEN$103
- TRIGEN InterTAN$103
How this compares
$10,722 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 141 foot and ankle surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 36 | $273 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 41 | $235 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Bowling Green
- William Adams IiPaducah$485K
- Sofie PinneyCynthiana$130K
- Carl KihmLouisville$89K
- Bradford FineLexington$82K
- Nicholas LacoLouisville$60K
- Jay LechnerLouisville$29K
- Russell BakerCarrollton$27K
- William McGloneLouisville$26K
- Timothy FordLouisville$26K
- Garrett WiremanLouisville$26K
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.