William Adams Ii, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Paducah, KYNPI 1245260108
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by ownership interests: $412,500 of the $484,509 with a category attached, or 85.1%. Paragon 28, Inc. accounts for 85.2% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $421,188 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $11,907 in 2025. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 162 payments — averaging $2990.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Paragon 28, Inc.$413K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$30K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$16K
- Medshape, Inc.$15K
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$3K
- Stryker$2K
- plus $5K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,18710%
- Travel & lodging$12,8753%
- Food & beverage$9,3372%
- Education$1570%
- Gifts$4520%
- Ownership interest$412,50085%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $412,615 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 60 | $30,239 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 27 | $16,310 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 11 | $15,355 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 6 | $2,924 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 26 | $2,289 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $1,521 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 5 | $1,211 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 4 | $961 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $222 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $212 |
| Trilliant Surgical LLC. | 1 | $137 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $136 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $127 |
| Ortho Solutions Inc | 1 | $111 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $83 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $22 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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$22,006
- Physio-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$15,737
- Spinal-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$12,591
- Cervical-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$12,591
- LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM 1$5,141
- MiniLock$2,400
- DynaNail Helix, Washer, 15 mm$1,947
- Zynrelef$1,521
- INBONE$1,208
- Lapiplasty$939
- BioBrace 23mm$718
- INFINITY$478
- PERCUPLASTY TRAY$471
- ALLOGRAFT TISSUE$427
- QUANTUM$427
- COLINK SFX$348
- TMC NANOPLASTY SYSTEM$328
- MOTOBAND$200
- VersaWrap$168
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$157
How this compares
$484,509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 141 foot & ankle surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 66 | $10,289 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 29 | $1,534 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 186 | $1,018 |
| Gabapentin | 53 | $969 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 116 | $645 |
| Celecoxib | 17 | $234 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 47 | $223 |
| Meloxicam | 95 | $146 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 11 | $30 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $13 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Paducah
- Chadwick BassiPaducah$15K
- Sofie PinneyCynthiana$130K
- Carl KihmLouisville$89K
- Bradford FineLexington$82K
- Nicholas LacoLouisville$60K
- Jay LechnerLouisville$29K
- Russell BakerCarrollton$27K
- William McGloneLouisville$26K
- Timothy FordLouisville$26K
- Garrett WiremanLouisville$26K
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.