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 D KRAUSS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1780639492
CMS profile
171922
Location
BIRMINGHAM, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,774.18

  • Reported across 126 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,070.93

29 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 $1,745.58 1
Food and Beverage $1,325.35 28

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $346.92 9
PY2019 $274.42 4
PY2020 $184.60 4
PY2021 $750.34 20
PY2022 $617.90 12
PY2023 $3,529.07 48
PY2024 $3,070.93 29

Payment records · PY2024 (29)

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
Amgen Inc. $14.72 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115831982 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.88 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115831990 CMS
Amgen Inc. $21.95 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115831998 CMS
Amgen Inc. $21.95 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115832006 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.63 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115832014 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.38 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115832022 CMS
Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated $30.18 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1088812731 CMS
Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated $119.74 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1088812729 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146502131 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $13.88 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077800305 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $28.03 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077622012 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $24.50 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077622082 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $26.73 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077622126 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $20.54 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077622182 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $25.09 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077621976 CMS
Kerecis Limited $28.75 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120100112 CMS
Linvatec Corporation $177.65 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147086570 CMS
Organogenesis Inc. $94.37 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145434812 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $27.71 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151261454 CMS
Paragon 28, Inc. $139.88 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138435171 CMS
Prime Surgical, LLC $1,745.58 01/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131146860 CMS
Prime Surgical, LLC $14.96 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131146855 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $142.16 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149528308 CMS
Stryker Corporation $10.30 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144313515 CMS
Stryker Corporation $38.74 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119882985 CMS
Stryker Corporation $19.62 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119882987 CMS
Stryker Corporation $111.13 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119882989 CMS
Stryker Corporation $33.10 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119882991 CMS
Voom Medical Devices, Inc. $63.78 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153965537 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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