John Williams, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fort Wayne, INNPI 1427059682
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,948,719 of the $2,707,250 with a category attached, or 72.0%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 45.5% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 639 payments — averaging $4236.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1.2M
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$617K
- Camber Spine Technologies LLC$268K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$176K
- VB Spine LLC$108K
- Philadelphia Medical Management Company LLC$88K
- plus $218K from 15 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $1299.78 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Globus Medical$23K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,948,71972%
- Consulting fees$662,04924%
- Speaking & faculty fees$30,2471%
- Travel & lodging$50,4322%
- Food & beverage$15,2721%
- Gifts$5300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 98 | $1,232,092 |
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 49 | $617,053 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 225 | $268,402 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 46 | $175,798 |
| VB Spine LLC | 13 | $108,034 |
| Philadelphia Medical Management Company LLC | 5 | $88,346 |
| Spineguard, Inc. | 28 | $66,120 |
| Surgentec | 6 | $53,621 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 47 | $50,580 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 36 | $21,345 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 29 | $18,646 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 38 | $3,502 |
| Omnia Medical, LLC | 1 | $1,489 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 4 | $938 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $406 |
| 4web, Inc. | 4 | $322 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $243 |
| Implanet America, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nanovis LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$490,788
- CHESAPEAKE STABILIZATION SYSTEM$433,462
- CHESAPEAKE$311,123
- Spira$307,319
- Admiral$109,279
- Orthros$87,897
- Alcantara$87,897
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$81,084
- Physio-Stim$58,578
- TiLink$31,942
- ION Facet Screw$21,678
- Spira-C Integrated$17,967
- iFuse Implant$17,730
- Ascent LE Posterior Occipital Cervico-Thoracic System$15,583
- PediGuard$14,695
- ION$13,666
- CoRoent$8,900
- Spira-O$8,174
- NAPA ACCESS SYSTEM$7,500
- ALIF$7,207
How this compares
$2,707,250 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 400 orthopaedic surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 125 | $1,629 |
| Gabapentin | 140 | $1,512 |
| Methocarbamol | 86 | $1,120 |
| Diclofenac Potassium | 68 | $935 |
| Mupirocin | 120 | $701 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 34 | $440 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 34 | $414 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 33 | $267 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $237 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $214 |
| Prednisone | 61 | $175 |
| Baclofen | 13 | $126 |
| Meloxicam | 27 | $69 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $51 |
| Diazepam | 18 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fort Wayne
- Alan McGeeFort Wayne$1.1M
- Micah SmithFort Wayne$674K
- Alan McGeeFort Wayne$135K
- Brandon HugginsFort Wayne$87K
- Christopher JohnsonFort Wayne$86K
- Michael LeeFort Wayne$42K
- Frank KolisekGreenwood$7.5M
- David FisherIndianapolis$5.9M
- Michael BerendIndianapolis$4M
- Sanford KunkelIndianapolis$1.9M
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.