William Steward
Orthopaedic Surgery · Tupelo, MSNPI 1598225450
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $45,000 of the $54,951 with a category attached, or 81.9%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 46.0% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MS 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 79 payments — averaging $695.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$25K
- Arthrex$22K
- Stryker$3K
- ALON Medical Technology$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$986
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$45,00082%
- Travel & lodging$5,62910%
- Food & beverage$2,9105%
- Education$1,4113%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $25,266 |
| Arthrex | 22 | $22,438 |
| Stryker | 12 | $2,620 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $1,200 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,170 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 8 | $986 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $709 |
| Orthalign Inc | 4 | $297 |
| Axogen | 1 | $130 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $56 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
- INSPACE$1,468
- TFN ADVANCED$985
- ICONIX$509
- SALVATION$242
- Healicoil$211
- MICRORAPTOR$211
- ALPHAVENT$166
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$150
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$130
- QUICKANCHOR ORTHOCORD$128
- Quickanchor Ethibond$128
- Microfix Quickanchor Ethibond$128
- NA$109
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$109
- ViviGen$101
How this compares
$54,951 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 170 orthopaedic surgery providers in Mississippi.
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 orthopaedic surgery in Tupelo
- George van OstenTupelo$322K
- Stephen SouthworthTupelo$160K
- Rowland RobersonTupelo$43K
- Jeb WilliamsTupelo$18K
- Jacob SmitheyTupelo$17K
- Mary GibsonTupelo$10K
- Bryan FaganTupelo$8K
- Matthew GravesJackson$1.2M
- Edward HobgoodJackson$267K
- Hanna MitiasNew Albany$249K
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.