Mark Williams, MD
Otolaryngology · Nashville, TNNPI 1972722288
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,493 of the $7,774 with a category attached, or 70.7%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 40.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,523 and has fallen 72.0% since, to $707 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in TN 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 148 payments — averaging $52.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Sanofi$673
- GSK$346
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$342
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$338
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,28129%
- Food & beverage$5,49371%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 39 | $3,149 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 14 | $1,827 |
| Sanofi | 20 | $673 |
| GSK | 17 | $346 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $342 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $338 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $237 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 12 | $217 |
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $179 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 6 | $141 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $110 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $84 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
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.
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$1,657
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,436
- SHAVER SYSTEM$628
- Inspire$299
- RHINAER STYLUS$269
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$160
- PROPEL$144
- DUPIXENT$123
- NUCALA$122
How this compares
$7,774 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 191 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 66 | $1,293 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 15 | $422 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Nashville
- Rakesh ChandraNashville$381K
- Michael TopfNashville$36K
- Naweed ChowdhuryNashville$14K
- Steven EnrichNashville$11K
- Kareem TawfikNashville$10K
- Matthew SpeyerNashville$6K
- David KentNashville$4K
- Kyle MannionNashville$4K
- Charles BabbNashville$3K
- Brian CameronNashville$3K
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.