William Downs, DO
Emergency Medicine · Long Branch, NJNPI 1801833132
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 108 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 47.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $717 and has fallen 53.7% since, to $332 in 2025. Among emergency medicine clinicians in NJ 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 108 payments — averaging $27.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- AstraZeneca$533
- AbbVie$290
- Gilead$183
- Pfizer$126
- Boston Scientific$124
- plus $274 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,931100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 63 | $1,402 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $533 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $290 |
| Gilead | 5 | $183 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $126 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $124 |
| CSL Behring | 6 | $105 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Purdue Pharma L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
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
$2,931 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,505 emergency medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 emergency medicine in Long Branch
- Michael GouldSomerville$2.8M
- Kenneth MinettParsippany$797K
- Marc MilanoBerkeley Heights$392K
- Gerardo ChiricoloToms River$161K
- Hardik SoniDenville$159K
- Lindsay van PeltPompton Plains$146K
- Joseph TestaWayne$100K
- Chinwe OgedegbeEast Orange$82K
- John FontanettaBelleville$59K
- Adam HennesseyCamden$53K
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.