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 C HICKS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1235161092
CMS profile
56215
Location
MOBILE, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,290.80

  • Reported across 498 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$216.80

13 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 $216.80 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,229.45 111
PY2019 $1,005.32 69
PY2020 $1,771.28 113
PY2021 $1,561.35 102
PY2022 $771.25 46
PY2023 $735.35 44
PY2024 $216.80 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.30 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104465530 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.71 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105597555 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.39 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104229633 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.12 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086214283 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.14 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115862535 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.14 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116344794 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.28 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116251616 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $13.93 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135453561 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $17.90 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135505594 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.92 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135471219 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.25 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086957885 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.85 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086957887 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.87 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097783987 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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