William Barnes, MD
General Practice · Salem, KYNPI 1215985148
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.0%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Endogastric Solutions, Inc at 53.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,748 and has fallen 83.2% since, to $293 in 2025. Among general practice 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 85 payments — averaging $63.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$3K
- Apollo Endosurgery US Inc$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$414
- Johnson & Johnson$170
- Medtronic$158
- Olympus America Inc.$133
- plus $361 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,00019%
- Travel & lodging$1,79633%
- Food & beverage$2,58248%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 20 | $2,864 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 10 | $1,277 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 29 | $414 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $170 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $158 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $133 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $88 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $30 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ESOPHYX$2,742
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$889
- EndoFlip$158
- Echelon Flex$101
How this compares
$5,378 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,155 general practice 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 33 | $22,608 |
| Buprenorphine | 32 | $10,741 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 90 | $1,968 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 17 | $1,450 |
| Sucralfate | 38 | $1,297 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 14 | $1,214 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 85 | $951 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 101 | $870 |
| Fluconazole | 37 | $670 |
| Famotidine | 46 | $385 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $356 |
| Nitroglycerin PatchNitroglycerin | 15 | $292 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 28 | $288 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 24 | $241 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $237 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Salem
- Eric SchneebergerWarsaw$539K
- Stephen SterlitzLexington$263K
- Ryan LewisFrankfort$190K
- Jerome WellbrockCovington$173K
- Shana HughesRussell Springs$85K
- Bryan HarrisLouisville$53K
- Bach NguyenUnion$31K
- Ryan GolibersuchLexington$23K
- Mary ShieldsLouisville$21K
- Beatrice NewellStanton$20K
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.