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 NICHOLAS YETTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Hand Surgery

NPI
1619323904
CMS profile
11423287
Location
OAK RIDGE, TN

General Payments · PY2022–2024

$13,360.63

  • Reported across 33 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,899.83

24 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
Travel and Lodging $2,024.28 3
Food and Beverage $875.55 21

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
SMOKY MOUNTAIN SURGICAL LLC $1,466.76 5
Arthrex, Inc. $942.70 8
Peerless Surgical Inc. $192.98 2
DAVOL INC. $154.32 1
Linvatec Corporation $57.41 3
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $47.76 3
Medtronic, Inc. $21.27 1
Solventum Corporation $16.63 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2022 $10,219.06 3
PY2023 $241.74 6
PY2024 $2,899.83 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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

Program year 2024 20222023 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
Arthrex, Inc. $427.35 03/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146541876 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146536332 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146541870 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146541872 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $427.35 03/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146541878 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 03/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146536334 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 03/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146541868 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 03/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146541874 CMS
Davol Inc. $154.32 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127665658 CMS
Linvatec Corporation $22.51 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147089388 CMS
Linvatec Corporation $20.10 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147089390 CMS
Linvatec Corporation $14.80 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147089392 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.27 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119403484 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $84.80 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524647 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $108.18 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125524649 CMS
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $8.34 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082482717 CMS
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $9.27 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082482719 CMS
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $30.15 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082482747 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $1,169.58 01/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612207 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $13.31 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612209 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $116.79 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612211 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $133.22 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612213 CMS
Smoky Mountain Surgical Llc $33.86 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126612215 CMS
Solventum Corporation $16.63 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144080104 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
2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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