Michael Williams
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1013143494
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.2%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. at 38.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,568, 3.9 times the $909 reported in 2019.
Across 140 payments — averaging $81.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$4K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$797
- Paragon 28, Inc.$630
- Kerecis Limited$450
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$120%
- Travel & lodging$5,47048%
- Food & beverage$5,98452%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 23 | $4,353 |
| Smith+Nephew | 43 | $2,150 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 13 | $1,609 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 15 | $797 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 6 | $630 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $450 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $274 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 6 | $268 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $179 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $163 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $148 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $92 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $81 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $27 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 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.
- Lapiplasty System$2,020
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,522
- Lapiplasty$1,360
- Stravix$905
- MOTOBAND$820
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$417
- GRAFIX PL$388
- Portfolio$364
- Oasis$281
- LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM 1$260
- VARIAX$165
- Precision MIS Bunion$156
- Grafix PL PRIME$153
- Grafix CORE$153
- Grafix PRIME$153
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$146
- ALLOWRAP$131
- Physio-Stim$125
- Amnio Repair$120
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$119
How this compares
$11,467 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 555 foot & ankle surgery providers in Illinois.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Chicago
- Edgardo Rodriguez CollazoChicago$755K
- Stephanie OexemanChicago$206K
- Jeffrey AlexanderChicago$158K
- Matthew GaroufalisChicago$151K
- George HolmesChicago$134K
- Milap PatelChicago$52K
- Theodore PolizosChicago$47K
- Simon LeeChicago$34K
- Wonyong LeeChicago$23K
- Kamran HamidChicago$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.