Nicholas Williams, DPM
Podiatrist · Milwaukee, WINPI 1861912669
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (41.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Great Lakes Orthopedics at 41.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,103 and has fallen 52.5% since, to $1,474 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $116.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Great Lakes Orthopedics$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$542
- Smith+Nephew$204
- Amgen$125
- plus $114 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,94728%
- Food & beverage$2,18331%
- Education$2,88341%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 3 | $2,889 |
| Stryker | 27 | $2,008 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,132 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $542 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $204 |
| Amgen | 1 | $125 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $64 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
How this compares
$7,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 140 podiatrist providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 32 | $1,087 |
| Cephalexin | 43 | $304 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 19 | $210 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $130 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $127 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $106 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $94 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $51 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Milwaukee
- Adam FinzenMilwaukee$6K
- Valeria HairstonMilwaukee$6K
- Jason BoudreauMilwaukee$5K
- Vanessa ScoarsteMilwaukee$5K
- Sam WierMilwaukee$4K
- Warren McIverMilwaukee$2K
- Aaron SchwankeMilwaukee$2K
- Bradley Abichtla Crosse$308K
- Scott Carringtonla Crosse$116K
- Jason DevriesManitowoc$31K
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.