Paul Williams, MD
Sports Medicine · Lafayette, LANPI 1861886491
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $12,371 of the $17,350 with a category attached, or 71.3%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 34.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $11,236 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $161 in 2025.
Across 81 payments — averaging $214.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$6K
- Arthrex$6K
- ALON Medical Technology$4K
- Legacy Ortho LLC$1K
- Stryker$275
- Vericel Corporation$41
- plus $19 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,81716%
- Food & beverage$2,16212%
- Education$12,37171%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $6,019 |
| Arthrex | 43 | $5,752 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 15 | $4,046 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Stryker | 8 | $275 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $41 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$602
- FAST-FIX FLEX$602
- Fast-Fix 360$602
- REGENETEN Shoulder$128
- Q-Fix Mini$128
- Biosure$128
- Q-FIX Shoulder$128
How this compares
$17,350 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 82 sports medicine providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 22 | $289 |
| Meloxicam | 110 | $167 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $152 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $104 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 13 | $55 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Lafayette
- Thomas MontgomeryLafayette$2K
- Judson PentonLafayette$941
- Amanda Phillips-SavoyLafayette$835
- Thomas BondLafayette$671
- Sheung Man Alexander SinLafayette$644
- Felix SavoieNew Orleans$1.4M
- Misty SuriNew Orleans$1.2M
- Michael ObrienNew Orleans$391K
- Brett CascioLake Charles$82K
- Brian GodshawNew Orleans$69K
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.