William Athans, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Clermont, FLNPI 1063663672
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (57.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 36.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,603 and has fallen 62.5% since, to $602 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $5,564.
Across 53 payments — averaging $78.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$1K
- Reel Surgical, Inc.$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$465
- Smith+Nephew$193
- Bioventus LLC$139
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$105
- plus $555 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$45511%
- Food & beverage$1,32032%
- Education$2,37757%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 8 | $1,496 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $465 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $193 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $139 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Vertex | 3 | $76 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $51 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $48 |
| Amgen | 2 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $29 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $13 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Embody, Inc. | 2 | $8 |
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.
- Persona$211
- Accelero-None$149
- PICO 14$116
- ROSA$106
How this compares
$4,152 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 130 | $1,033 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 64 | $974 |
| Celecoxib | 35 | $962 |
| Meloxicam | 217 | $593 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 45 | $502 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 63 | $495 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 21 | $201 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $189 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Clermont
- Jaime Carvajal AlbaClermont$760K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
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.