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 E AUKERMAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

NPI
1932629250
CMS profile
3542542
Location
NEW ORLEANS, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,790.74

  • Reported across 44 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,267.32

17 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 $1,222.97 4
Food and Beverage $1,044.35 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABBVIE INC. $1,007.43 8
Synthes GmbH $457.80 1
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $149.22 1
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $140.13 1
Mentor Worldwide LLC $118.32 1
PolyNovo North America LLC $113.45 1
ORGANOGENESIS INC. $109.99 1
TELA Bio, Inc. $93.49 1
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $50.23 1
Acera Surgical, Inc. $27.26 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $11.92 1
PY2019 $285.06 4
PY2020 $39.45 2
PY2021 $486.75 6
PY2022 $240.18 8
PY2023 $460.06 6
PY2024 $2,267.32 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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
ABBVIE INC. $26.54 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103251951 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $33.46 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103251953 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $53.66 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103251955 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $80.68 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103251957 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $315.21 04/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104176066 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $373.34 04/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104176068 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $47.92 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103251959 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $76.62 07/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104176070 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $27.26 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152417036 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $50.23 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120630968 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $149.22 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148753736 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $140.13 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140140673 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $118.32 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077612806 CMS
Organogenesis Inc. $109.99 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145417066 CMS
PolyNovo North America LLC $113.45 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148173927 CMS
Synthes GmbH $457.80 08/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077578264 CMS
TELA Bio, Inc. $93.49 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154272837 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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