William James, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Columbia, SCNPI 1841291598
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $193,340 of the $221,911 with a category attached, or 87.1%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Extremity Medical at 59.6% of the total. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in SC 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 135 payments — averaging $1643.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Extremity Medical$132K
- Linvatec Corporation$50K
- In2bones USA, LLC$38K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$486
- Medline Industries LP$298
- Smith+Nephew$297
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$193,34087%
- Consulting fees$6,1253%
- Travel & lodging$9900%
- Food & beverage$2,2281%
- Education$40%
- Other$19,2239%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Extremity Medical | 35 | $132,243 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 19 | $49,544 |
| In2bones USA, LLC | 16 | $37,969 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 5 | $486 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $298 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $297 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 5 | $278 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 30 | $170 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $96 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $73 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $11 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
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.
- OMNI$126,581
- CoLink$37,969
- AVENGER RADIAL HEAD, +4 STEMS$19,163
- COLINK AFX$17,928
- COLINK PLATING SYSTEM$12,238
- Omni ARCH$4,813
- Lapiplasty System$209
- Restrata Wound Matrix$154
- BioBrace 23mm$134
- PICO$122
How this compares
$221,911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 87 foot and ankle surgery providers in South Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 33 | $8,907 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 37 | $2,362 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 135 | $1,111 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 65 | $739 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 22 | $601 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $444 |
| Cephalexin | 95 | $207 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 15 | $180 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 38 | $154 |
| Meloxicam | 39 | $103 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $98 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Columbia
- Tyler GonzalezColumbia$525K
- Carly ChapmanColumbia$3K
- Brandon BrooksColumbia$2K
- Benjamin OverleyHilton Head Island$643K
- Alison GartenRock Hill$419K
- Christopher GrossCharleston$394K
- Robert KleinGreenville$358K
- William HarrisLancaster$203K
- Alexander PappasMyrtle Beach$104K
- John WomackGreenville$96K
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.