William Davis
Rheumatology · New Orleans, LANPI 1891753216
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.2%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 47.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $18,264, more than ten times the $144 reported in 2019.
Across 88 payments — averaging $425.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$18K
- AstraZeneca$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$4K
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$3K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$1K
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 8 others
Across 79 payments — averaging $3176.98 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.
- AbbVie$181K
- AstraZeneca$41K
- Amgen$28K
- Novartis$129
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,05832%
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,16551%
- Travel & lodging$2,8067%
- Food & beverage$3,3699%
- Education$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 17 | $17,935 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $7,870 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $4,127 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 4 | $3,024 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 8 | $1,306 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $1,275 |
| GSK | 5 | $625 |
| AbbVie | 20 | $514 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $168 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $142 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $130 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$37,417 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 88 rheumatology providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 78 | $601,078 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 59 | $475,329 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 65 | $412,042 |
| SimponiGolimumab | 29 | $201,433 |
| Actemra ActpenTocilizumab | 40 | $168,761 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 29 | $131,161 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 13 | $95,441 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 13 | $79,430 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 329 | $11,462 |
| Leflunomide | 213 | $9,394 |
| RasuvoMethotrexate/Pf | 16 | $8,095 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 411 | $6,262 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 68 | $4,123 |
| Prednisone | 327 | $3,098 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 231 | $2,099 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq | $514 | $412,04265 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonSimponi | $4,127 | $201,43329 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $625 | $131,16129 claims |
| AmgenEnbrel | $17,935 | $95,44113 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 88 rheumatology providers in Louisiana.
Other rheumatology in New Orleans
- Lesley SaketkooNew Orleans$97K
- Evangeline ScopelitisNew Orleans$96K
- Barrett FordNew Orleans$16K
- Luis EspinozaNew Orleans$11K
- Mansour AlghamdiNew Orleans$9K
- Nirupa PatelNew Orleans$7K
- Laura RiversNew Orleans$6K
- Shreya MadhavaramNew Orleans$5K
- Aaron BroadwellShreveport$1.6M
- Ladislas LazaroLafayette$265K
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.