John Williams, MD
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 45.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,209 and has fallen 74.1% since, to $1,607 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 184 payments — averaging $87.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- AbbVie$2K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$408
- Kerecis Limited$360
- Davol Inc.$247
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5009%
- Travel & lodging$3,42221%
- Food & beverage$7,12444%
- Education$4,03525%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 28 | $7,250 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 68 | $4,428 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 20 | $1,572 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 4 | $408 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $360 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $247 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $246 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $233 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $193 |
| Stryker | 2 | $165 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $117 |
| CSL Behring | 5 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $103 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $97 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2 | $59 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $58 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $36 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $29 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 2 | $23 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| BD | 1 | $21 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$6,903
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$1,311
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$773
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$670
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$641
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$641
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$584
- Ovitex$340
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$274
- PHASIX$183
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$175
- GORE ENFORM Intraperitoneal Biomaterial$133
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$130
- ClearSight System$117
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$116
How this compares
$16,081 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 855 surgery providers in Georgia.
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 | 71 | $378 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 13 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Macon
- Danny VaughnMacon$89K
- Chad CopperGainesville$999K
- Zachary KlaassenAugusta$763K
- Stephen OdomAustell$599K
- Fritz Jean-PierreMarietta$464K
- Kendra GrubbAtlanta$374K
- Harry LightfootSmyrna$241K
- Oliver WhippleSavannah$222K
- Nelson RoyallGainesville$220K
- Ankit PatelAtlanta$217K
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.