Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BILLY W MCGOUGH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1982701462
CMS profile
135286
Location
BIRMINGHAM, AL

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$15,405.99

  • Reported across 99 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$2,727.76

6 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $2,250.00 1
Food and Beverage $477.76 5

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
LinkBio Corp $2,250.00 1
ORTHALIGN INC $184.63 2
Linvatec Corporation $137.82 1
Stryker Corporation $132.56 1
CONMED Corporation $22.75 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $3,085.30 24
PY2020 $317.50 3
PY2021 $5,580.02 36
PY2022 $581.84 6
PY2023 $1,652.89 13
PY2024 $1,460.68 11
PY2025 $2,727.76 6

Payment records · PY2025 (6)

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

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
CONMED Corporation $22.75 11/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1208712111 CMS
LinkBio Corp $2,250.00 01/17/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1206667986 CMS
Linvatec Corporation $137.82 09/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1208719642 CMS
ORTHALIGN INC $147.32 05/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1193373670 CMS
ORTHALIGN INC $37.31 10/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1193373668 CMS
Stryker Corporation $132.56 03/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227743894 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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