Dr. William Smith, M.D

NPI: 1578520532
Total Payments
$1.9M
2024 Payments
$11,075
Companies
24
Transactions
629

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$1.4M (74.1%)
Royalty/License$385,042 (19.9%)
Travel$62,788 (3.2%)
Food & Beverage$18,603 (1.0%)
Other$18,330 (0.9%)
Research$16,985 (0.9%)
Education$24.76 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $1.4M 35 74.1%
Royalty or License $385,042 31 19.9%
Travel and Lodging $62,788 293 3.2%
Food and Beverage $18,603 247 1.0%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program $18,281 4 0.9%
Unspecified $16,985 11 0.9%
Entertainment $48.96 2 0.0%
Education $24.76 6 0.0%

Payments by Type

General
$1.9M
618 transactions
Research
$16,985
8 transactions
Ownership
$0
3 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
NuVasive, Inc. $1.9M 514 $0 (2023)
Globus Medical, Inc. $11,133 11 $0 (2024)
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $10,467 10 $0 (2019)
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $8,209 12 $0 (2019)
Spineology Inc. $5,686 4 $0 (2019)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $2,133 26 $0 (2019)
SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION $1,076 7 $0 (2021)
SI-BONE, Inc. $559.65 7 $0 (2019)
Stryker Corporation $257.84 8 $0 (2018)
DJO, LLC $238.15 4 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $11,075 8 Globus Medical, Inc. ($11,075)
2023 $163,219 15 NuVasive, Inc. ($163,014)
2022 $298,112 39 NuVasive, Inc. ($298,112)
2021 $312,667 109 NuVasive, Inc. ($311,718)
2020 $382,707 90 NuVasive, Inc. ($382,639)
2019 $324,993 97 NuVasive, Inc. ($319,106)
2018 $283,727 108 NuVasive, Inc. ($278,208)
2017 $160,315 163 NUVASIVE, INC. ($142,604)

All Payment Transactions

629 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 26

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/15/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. StruXure (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $6.00 General
Category: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
08/30/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. XLIF (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,812.50 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/30/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. XLIF (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,500.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
05/21/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $120.04 General
05/21/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. XLX (Device) Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $21.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
05/16/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. XLIF (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $466.16 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
05/16/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. XLIF (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $5.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
02/14/2024 Globus Medical, Inc. XLX (Device), XLIF Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $5,144.51 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/14/2023 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device), XLX Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $7,365.84 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
10/13/2023 Orthofix Medical, Inc. Lattus (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $204.67 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC MANUAL SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
10/06/2023 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $26.60 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
10/04/2023 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $373.02 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
08/15/2023 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device), XLX Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $8,313.94 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
05/25/2023 NuVasive, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,500.00 General
05/09/2023 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device), XLX Royalty or License In-kind items and services $9,219.74 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
04/27/2023 NuVasive, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $62,500.00 General
03/25/2023 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $52.75 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
02/21/2023 NuVasive, Inc. Modulus (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $110.93 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
02/17/2023 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.96 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
02/09/2023 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device), XLX Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $10,028.68 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
02/02/2023 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $62,500.00 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
2023 NuVasive, Inc. $0.00 Ownership
2023 Globus Medical, Inc. $0.00 Ownership
11/14/2022 NuVasive, Inc. XLX (Device), XLIF Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $9,539.17 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery
11/05/2022 NuVasive, Inc. XLIF (Device), Modulus Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $260.40 General
Category: Spine/Spine Surgery

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
NUVA.CERV1601 A Retrospective Review of Surgical Treatments and Outcomes for Degenerative Cervical Pathologies NuVasive, Inc. $5,210 1
Vigilant ObservatIon of GlIadeL WAfer ImplaNT Registry VIGILANT Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $4,150 2
Vigilant ObservatIon of GlIadeL WAfer ImplaNT Registry VIGILANT ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $4,000 2
NUVA.NV1401 A Prospective Non-randomized Multicenter Evaluation of the Utility of Transcutaneous Stimulation of the Lumbosacral Nerve Roots During XLIF and its Relationship to Postoperative Nerve Health NuVasive, Inc. $3,625 3

About Dr. William Smith, M.D

Dr. William Smith, M.D is a Neurological Surgery healthcare provider based in Las Vegas, Nevada. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/26/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1578520532.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. William Smith, M.D has received a total of $1.9M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $11,075 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 629 transactions from 24 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($1.4M).

Practice Information

  • Specialty Neurological Surgery
  • Other Specialties Neurological Surgery
  • Location Las Vegas, NV
  • Active Since 04/26/2006
  • Last Updated 08/02/2013
  • Taxonomy Code 207T00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1578520532

Products in Payments

  • XLIF (Device) $1.7M
  • XLX (Device) $57,535
  • ALIF (Device) $20,209
  • Brigade (Device) $15,779
  • CAVUX Cervical Cage (Device) $10,467
  • Gliadel (Drug) $8,204
  • CoRoent (Device) $5,210
  • Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion system (Device) $5,007
  • NVM5 (Device) $3,625
  • MaXcess (Device) $2,159
  • Pulse (Device) $1,511
  • Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System (Device) $678.48
  • iFuse Implant (Device) $559.65
  • iGA (Device) $427.32
  • RELINE (Device) $367.60
  • Modulus (Device) $302.26
  • LessRay (Device) $294.08
  • CMF SPINALOGIC (Device) $238.15
  • Lattus (Device) $204.67
  • O-ARM-Spine (Device) $204.02

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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