William Adams
Sleep Medicine · Birmingham, ALNPI 1508830787
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.7% of the total across 133 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 43.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $885 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $16 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for sleep medicine clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $3,427.
Across 133 payments — averaging $25.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$638
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$620
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$251
- UCB, Inc.$243
- AbbVie$37
- plus $136 from 7 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $19,231 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Philips North America LLC$212K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,31397%
- Education$1153%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 73 | $1,501 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 27 | $638 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $620 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $251 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $243 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $37 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,427 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 28 sleep medicine providers in Alabama.
Other sleep medicine in Birmingham
- Erin OzgunBirmingham$16K
- Alan ThomasBirmingham$13K
- Robert DoekelBirmingham$6K
- Melissa JordanBirmingham$2K
- Weddington KelleyBirmingham$940
- Syed NabiBirmingham$457
- Stuart PadoveBirmingham$15
- James RoyHuntsville$823K
- Michael LedetDaphne$795K
- Gordon WarnerCullman$100K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.