Timothy Williams, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Greenville, SCNPI 1801987763
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 72 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 61.8% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $868, 3.3 times the $265 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $5,278.
Across 72 payments — averaging $35.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$353
- Edwards Lifesciences$344
- Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation$137
- Medtronic$45
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$33
- plus $63 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,551100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 43 | $1,577 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $353 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 11 | $344 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $137 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $45 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $33 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
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.
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$259
- Capiox FX Advance Hollow Fiber Oxygenator w Integrated AF w Hardshell Res.$137
- CDI Blood Parameter Monitoring System 550$137
- SARNS CARDIOPLEGIA SET$137
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$136
- Impella$125
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$124
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$113
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$113
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$113
How this compares
$2,551 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 83 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in South Carolina.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Greenville
- Gautam BhatiaGreenville$31K
- Barry DavisGreenville$16K
- Brian RundallGreenville$13K
- William BoltonGreenville$13K
- Philip ErwinGreenville$4K
- Sachin ShahGreenville$3K
- John KabasGreenville$3K
- Hugh DennisGreenville$2K
- Curtis QuinnCharleston$374K
- Marc KatzCharleston$265K
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.