Has John Willis, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $551 in general payments to John Willis, MD across 23 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Does a payment mean John Willis, MD did something wrong?

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Where does this information about John Willis, MD come from?

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

John Willis, MD

Otolaryngology · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1982929741

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 23 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Optinose US, Inc. at 38.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $172 and has fallen 57.4% since, to $73 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for otolaryngology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $856.

$551in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 23 payments — averaging $23.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

Optinose US, Inc.$214
Masimo Corporation$96
Sanofi$46
GSK$40
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$37
Aerin Medical Inc.$32
plus $87 from 4 others

$9,751in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 4 payments — averaging $2437.65 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.

Aerin Medical Inc.$10K

What the payments were for

Food & beverage$551100%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

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
Optinose US, Inc.	7	$214
Masimo Corporation	3	$96
Sanofi	2	$46
GSK	2	$40
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	2	$37
Aerin Medical Inc.	2	$32
Intersect ENT, Inc.	2	$29
KARL Storz Endoscopy-america	1	$28
Stryker	1	$15
Alk-abello, Inc	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.

Xhance$133

How this compares

$551 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 362 otolaryngology providers in North Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024

$45,649

Medicare patients

179

Services billed

433

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
Ipratropium Bromide	43	$1,181
Fluticasone Propionate	75	$1,127
Azelastine Hcl	52	$864
Ofloxacin	19	$782
Mupirocin	34	$549
Doxycycline Hyclate	30	$355
Triamcinolone Acetonide	14	$324
Montelukast Sodium	69	$304
Methylprednisolone	24	$145
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	14	$130
Fluconazole	11	$107
Omeprazole	17	$101

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other otolaryngology in Winston Salem

Adam CampbellWinston Salem$47K
William ScurryWinston Salem$19K
James MimsWinston Salem$15K
John BrittWinston Salem$4K
Thomas FitzpatrickWinston Salem$4K
David JangDurham$324K
Robert FerrisRaleigh$258K
Adam ZanationHickory$227K
Brent SeniorChapel Hill$91K
Charles EbertChapel Hill$57K

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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.

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