Joel Williams, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Chicago, ILNPI 1851553374
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.3%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Synthes GmbH accounts for 71.5% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 227 payments — averaging $369.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$60K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
- Medwest Associates$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$4K
- AbbVie$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- plus $3K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,74510%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,53542%
- Travel & lodging$25,47330%
- Food & beverage$8,48810%
- Education$3,6164%
- Gifts$2,0542%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 58 | $59,980 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 17 | $9,854 |
| Medwest Associates | 3 | $3,616 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 105 | $3,592 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $2,054 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 15 | $1,890 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 7 | $1,207 |
| Stryker | 5 | $565 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $319 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $279 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $184 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $144 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $85 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $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.
- NATRELLE$2,054
- Affixus$1,259
- ACTIS$633
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$319
- Motiva Implant Matrix$279
- TFN ADVANCED$268
- NA$216
- AXSOS$165
- CINCHLOCK$162
- VA-LCP$151
- TFN-Advance$144
- T2$124
- MULTILOC HUMERAL NAIL$122
- ZNN$120
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$112
- G7$105
How this compares
Too few orthopaedic trauma providers in Illinoisto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Chicago
- Srikanth DiviChicago$54K
- Scott CordesChicago$43K
- Adam LeeChicago$29K
- Bennet ButlerChicago$13K
- Anthony ChristianoChicago$4K
- Gregory FahrenbachChicago$54
- James KapotasChicago$24
- Matthew GardnerSpringfield$196K
- Evan DoughertyHinsdale$52K
- Chukwunenye OsujiPeoria$10K
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.