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 B WHEATLEY

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1740288224
CMS profile
260221
Location
NEW BERN, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,344.51

  • Reported across 41 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,627.51

9 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 $1,448.05 4
Food and Beverage $179.46 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
TriCoast Surgical Solutions LLC $942.39 5
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $645.95 2
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $15.17 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $37.11 5
PY2019 $1,988.09 11
PY2020 $993.88 9
PY2021 $1,627.51 5
PY2022 $23.54 1
PY2023 $46.87 1
PY2024 $1,627.51 9

Payment records · PY2024 (9)

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
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 04/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146562034 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $15.17 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077868306 CMS
Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC $524.60 04/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142064235 CMS
Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC $105.97 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142064239 CMS
Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC $26.90 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142064241 CMS
Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC $277.50 04/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142064233 CMS
Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC $7.42 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142064237 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $610.95 11/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155016753 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $35.00 11/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155016755 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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