William Beckworth, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Hendersonville, NCNPI 1669689865
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 22 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 39.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $490 and has fallen 76.4% since, to $116 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $49.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$435
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$288
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$175
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$103
- Boston Scientific$36
- Medtronic$25
- plus $38 from 2 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $9329.27 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.
- Mesoblast, Inc.$103K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,099100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 9 | $435 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 4 | $288 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $175 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $36 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Paratek 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
$1,099 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 269 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in North 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 153 | $2,114 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 34 | $854 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 88 | $589 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 29 | $378 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 41 | $363 |
| Methocarbamol | 32 | $355 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 29 | $308 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $287 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 22 | $171 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $143 |
| Lorazepam | 156 | $137 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Hendersonville
- Andrew SumichCharlotte$181K
- Patrick O BrienRaleigh$86K
- Elizabeth BagsbyGreenville$33K
- Krishna BhatSanford$30K
- Jasbir DhaliwalSanford$23K
- Jimmy MaliDurham$20K
- Jerome WatsonStatesville$15K
- Tejas ParikhGastonia$14K
- Christopher GodboutCary$12K
- Graham McRaryHickory$12K
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.