William Poulson, MD
Vascular Surgery · Kansas City, KSNPI 1164765996
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,219 of the $7,045 with a category attached, or 74.1%. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.8%.
Across 73 payments — averaging $96.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Penumbra, Inc.$1K
- Endologix LLC$737
- Inari Medical, Inc.$285
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,60623%
- Food & beverage$5,21974%
- Education$2203%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 14 | $1,532 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,402 |
| Medtronic | 16 | $1,026 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 12 | $1,023 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $737 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 4 | $285 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $220 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $169 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $132 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Abbott | 2 | $42 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,311
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,193
- ENDOCROSS Device$737
- Torus Stent Graft System$737
- Indigo System$537
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$517
- Penumbra System$264
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$245
- ENDURANT IIS$240
- HawkOne$215
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$196
- Sublime 014 Rx PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter$157
- Sublime Microcatheter, 018, 200cm, Straight$157
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$157
- Pounce Thrombectomy$157
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$157
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$147
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$146
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$143
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$129
How this compares
$7,045 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 22 vascular surgery providers in Kansas.
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 | 11 | $9,167 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 46 | $794 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 49 | $677 |
| Cilostazol | 24 | $653 |
| FenofibrateFenofibrate Nanocrystallized | 12 | $1 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Kansas City
- Kara HesselKansas City$5K
- Sean LiebscherKansas City$1K
- Juan Carlos CorreaLeawood$108K
- Byron DecampLawrence$104K
- Axel ThorsOverland Park$89K
- Brian McCroskeyOverland Park$35K
- Andrew McChesneyOverland Park$22K
- Scott HardouinOverland Park$19K
- Chad AmmarWichita$12K
- Steven HutchinsonWichita$10K
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.