Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

WILLIAM W MCALEXANDER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1073558524
CMS profile
320643
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,400.89

  • Reported across 106 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$698.58

32 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $698.58 32

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ATRICURE, INC. $288.48 21
Artivion, Inc. $107.33 4
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $86.57 1
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $79.38 1
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $72.96 3
CVRx Inc. $33.83 1
ConvaTec Inc. $30.03 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,097.49 19
PY2019 $1,739.76 23
PY2020 $454.40 10
PY2021 $363.94 6
PY2022 $555.55 8
PY2023 $491.17 8
PY2024 $698.58 32

Payment records · PY2024 (32)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Artivion, Inc. $28.86 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790257 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $25.21 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790666 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $27.55 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790968 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $25.71 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145791114 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $7.10 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132847954 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $8.42 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132863600 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $5.94 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132860228 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $22.70 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132867678 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $10.23 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132900644 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $15.99 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132900434 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $45.91 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132832349 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $11.89 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132900014 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $5.03 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132900022 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $49.44 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132876517 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $11.15 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132878721 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $6.19 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132894147 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $10.78 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132888014 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $8.05 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132887718 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $5.40 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132894199 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $7.53 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132885365 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $19.37 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132860897 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $21.92 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132831126 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $4.51 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132855599 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $4.07 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132855673 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $6.86 12/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132847738 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $30.03 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151379596 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $33.83 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133236090 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $79.38 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138784527 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $20.92 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150257857 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $26.95 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150257861 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $25.09 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150257859 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $86.57 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155039816 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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