William Chen, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Camp Lejeune, NCNPI 1720408495
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (54.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Southtech Orthopedics at 54.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,390 and has fallen 96.5% since, to $49 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $2,671.
Across 13 payments — averaging $170.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Southtech Orthopedics$1K
- Stryker$779
- Zimmer Biomet$120
- Smith+Nephew$58
- DJO, LLC$28
- Fortis Surgical, LLC$21
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$61128%
- Food & beverage$40718%
- Education$1,20054%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Southtech Orthopedics | 2 | $1,212 |
| Stryker | 7 | $779 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $120 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $58 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Fortis Surgical, LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
- VARIAX$611
- Nextremity ReLine$120
How this compares
$2,218 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 196 foot & ankle surgery providers in North Carolina.
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.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Camp Lejeune
- Robert OlsonGastonia$473K
- Austin MatthewsLumberton$279K
- Matthew DzurikWilmington$142K
- Kristen McGinnessFayetteville$123K
- William RespessGreenville$79K
- Brian FutrellCary$71K
- Kenneth BloomMooresville$53K
- Stephen HeislerChapel Hill$49K
- Benjamin UmbelMorganton$37K
- Andrew HanselmanWake Forest$30K
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.