William Mills, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Conway, SCNPI 1003986514
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (43.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 73.3% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,885 and has fallen 92.9% since, to $704 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $31,467.
Across 136 payments — averaging $171.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$17K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$2K
- Nevro Corp.$846
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$447
- Kerecis Limited$242
- plus $2K from 18 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $12,349 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.
- Globus Medical$25K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$10,12543%
- Travel & lodging$8,38336%
- Food & beverage$4,85421%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 43 | $17,119 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 13 | $1,585 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 19 | $1,548 |
| Nevro Corp. | 13 | $846 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 10 | $447 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $242 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $238 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 8 | $203 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $188 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $151 |
| Amgen | 3 | $142 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Elevation Spine, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Stryker | 1 | $15 |
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.
- CITADEL$10,289
- ATHLET$4,067
- ELSA ATP$2,304
- CREO$1,772
- Excelsius - GPS$1,185
- SKYHAWK Lateral Interbody Fusion System$892
- iFuse Implant$886
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$725
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$518
- CORBEL$417
- ELSA, ELSA AL/ATP$375
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$282
- Centurion POCT System$242
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$242
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$242
- RISE$141
- ALLOGRAFT$133
- Firebird NXG Spinal Fixation System$121
- CellerateRx$111
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$108
How this compares
$23,362 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 32 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in South Carolina.
See all orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in South 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 371 | $2,103 |
| Celecoxib | 109 | $1,296 |
| Prednisone | 30 | $491 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 86 | $276 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 49 | $246 |
| Cephalexin | 26 | $107 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 24 | $96 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $85 |
| Diazepam | 51 | $51 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Conway
- Daniel ReidConway$152K
- Erkan AlciConway$75K
- Steven PolettiMt Pleasant$3M
- Donald JohnsonMt Pleasant$2.9M
- Gene MasseyMyrtle Beach$1.2M
- Rakesh ChokshiFlorence$727K
- Willie EdwardsFlorence$687K
- Ivan LamottaColumbia$299K
- Timothy BryanMt Pleasant$135K
- James AymondCharleston$91K
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.