William Ensminger, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Monroe, LANPI 1740644665
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $20,000 of the $27,922 with a category attached, or 71.6%. Arthrex accounts for 87.1% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $20,342 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $180 in 2025.
Across 38 payments — averaging $734.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$24K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$224
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$122
- Zimmer Biomet$87
- AbbVie$38
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00072%
- Travel & lodging$2,95411%
- Food & beverage$7283%
- Education$4,24015%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 20 | $24,327 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $3,124 |
| Stryker | 10 | $224 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 2 | $122 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $87 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $38 |
How this compares
$27,922 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $298 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 29 | $297 |
| Meloxicam | 53 | $247 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 31 | $181 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $162 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | $159 |
| Methocarbamol | 12 | $150 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $134 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 46 | $95 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Monroe
- Sunny GuptaMonroe$40K
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Neil MakiThibodaux$620K
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
- Kevin McCarthyBaton Rouge$594K
- Timmothy RandellAlexandria$498K
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$484K
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.