William Cauthen, MD
Surgery · Tupelo, MSNPI 1417186347
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.8%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 90.8% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $9,989 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $862 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in MS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 83 payments — averaging $201.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$15K
- Medtronic$312
- AbbVie$178
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$164
- Covidien LP$149
- Johnson & Johnson$148
- plus $588 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,75028%
- Travel & lodging$6214%
- Food & beverage$2,85417%
- Education$8,50051%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 33 | $15,187 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $312 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $178 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $164 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $149 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $148 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $129 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $78 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $69 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $20 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $12 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $12 |
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
$16,725 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 223 surgery providers in Mississippi.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 23 | $28,757 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 112 | $627 |
| Lansoprazole | 14 | $158 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $67 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 12 | $44 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Tupelo
- Richard McAdoryTupelo$39K
- Terry PinsonTupelo$35K
- Joseph StinsonTupelo$10K
- David BaileyGulfport$491K
- Daniel ForeSouthaven$254K
- Jason WilliamsOcean Springs$106K
- Laura VickJackson$77K
- Juvonda HodgeJackson$77K
- Andy HolleyCorinth$38K
- Jonathan CarrollJackson$33K
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.