William Bush, DPM
Podiatrist · Rockford, ILNPI 1124131891
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $109,574 of the $141,185 with a category attached, or 77.6%. Merete Technologies, Inc accounts for 95.2% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $32,498 and has fallen 89.4% since, to $3,454 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in IL 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 125 payments — averaging $1129.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merete Technologies, Inc$134K
- Stryker$3K
- In2bones USA, LLC$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Fusion Orthopedics, LLC.$408
- Linvatec Corporation$225
- plus $684 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$26,34219%
- Consulting fees$109,57478%
- Travel & lodging$1,4661%
- Food & beverage$3,8033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merete Technologies, Inc | 49 | $134,415 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 42 | $2,661 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 1 | $1,500 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $1,292 |
| Fusion Orthopedics, LLC. | 1 | $408 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 3 | $225 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $208 |
| Medline Industries LP | 3 | $171 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $96 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $41 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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.
- NeoSpan$1,500
- Trabecular Metal (TM) Ankle$926
- STAR$779
- HOFFMANN$383
- T2$256
How this compares
$141,185 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 409 podiatrist providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 91 | $649 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $228 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $115 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $73 |
| Meloxicam | 31 | $72 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Rockford
- Donald BisbyRockford$13K
- Giovanni IncandelaRockford$12K
- Richard BellRockford$9K
- Nathan NoremRockford$7K
- David YeagerMorrison$345K
- Paul KirchnerNew Lenox$143K
- Daniel BrownHarrisburg$136K
- Syed HusainArlington Heights$82K
- Timothy GrahamTaylorville$70K
- Paul PotachWheeling$45K
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.