Jeffrey Willers, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1447201967
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (49.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 39.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,524 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $22 in 2025.
Across 49 payments — averaging $149.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$3K
- Novastep Inc.$2K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$2K
- Stryker$246
- Music City Medical Technologies, LLC$49
- Acumed LLC$40
- plus $95 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,02028%
- Food & beverage$1,54421%
- Education$3,60049%
- Gifts$1752%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 11 | $2,912 |
| Novastep Inc. | 10 | $2,007 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 19 | $1,990 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 3 | $246 |
| Music City Medical Technologies, LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $23 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
How this compares
$7,339 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 145 foot and ankle surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $497 |
| Celecoxib | 28 | $380 |
| Meloxicam | 89 | $244 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $187 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Nashville
- William CornNashville$52K
- Sheela ChockalingamNashville$15K
- Christopher DreikornNashville$13K
- Andrew PierreNashville$10K
- Bethany GallagherNashville$8K
- Reva BorkNashville$7K
- Timothy BushNashville$7K
- Nicholas FussellNashville$6K
- Jeffrey HerringNashville$5K
- Sebastien DemoinyMorristown$210K
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.