William Weller, MD
Hand Surgery · Southaven, MSNPI 1013278084
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $9,881 of the $12,701 with a category attached, or 77.8%. Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions accounts for 84.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,085 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $225 in 2024.
Across 36 payments — averaging $352.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions$11K
- Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited$718
- Arthrex$697
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$200
- Axogen$123
- Johnson & Johnson$116
- plus $106 from 2 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $3900.32 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.
- Axogen$26K
- Acumed LLC$996
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4003%
- Travel & lodging$1,1249%
- Food & beverage$1,29610%
- Education$9,88178%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 15 | $10,742 |
| Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited | 3 | $718 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $697 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 2 | $200 |
| Axogen | 1 | $123 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $116 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $39 |
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.
- Geminus$134
- Align$134
- IJS$134
- Implate$134
- DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HAND & WRIST ANCHORS$124
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$123
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$123
- TFN$116
How this compares
Too few hand surgery providers in Mississippito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 73 | $265 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $139 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $98 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 43 | $85 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $75 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Southaven
- William GeisslerJackson$1.8M
- Michael VollantJackson$12K
- Sean FarrellTupelo$2K
- Tyler MarksTupelo$2K
- Rocco BarbieriHattiesburg$989
- Chris EthridgeJackson$489
- Constantine CharogluHattiesburg$427
- Aubrey LucasFlowood$78
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.