Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. William David Lawrence, DO

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1811929557

Dr. William David Lawrence, DO practises Orthopedic Surgery in Athens, Alabama. Graduated from Kansas City College of Medicine and Surgery in 2001, 25 years ago. Practices with Hh Health System - the Orthopaedic Center LLC, a 170-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama and Mississippi.

Years since qualifying
25
Trained at
Kansas City College of Medicine and Surgery
Licensed in
AL, MS
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

22454 US Highway 72 Ste 200
Athens, AL 35613-2678
Phone: (256) 233-2332
Fax: (256) 704-6202
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence DO.1220 (AL)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 19174 (MS)

Record details

NPI number1811929557
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJuly 6, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMay 7, 2024
Certification dateMay 7, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolKANSAS CITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Graduated 2001 (25 years in practice)
Group practice Hh Health System - The Orthopaedic Center Llc — 170 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 137 times · 99th percentile
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 198 times · 99th percentile
Knee replacement 27 times · 61st percentile
Hip replacement 1–10 times
Removal of nail tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients435
Services billed 4,232 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $138 2 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus Hospital · Decatur, AL · listed as Decatur Morgan Hospitalist Group
  • Huntsville Hospital Hospital · Huntsville, AL · listed as Huntsville Hospital Anesthesia
  • Athens-Limestone Homecare Home health agency · Athens, AL · listed as Athens-Limestone Homecare, LLC
  • Athens Limestone Hospital Hospital · Athens, AL
  • Helen Keller Hospital Hospital · Sheffield, AL
  • Centerwell Home Health Home health agency · Moulton, AL

Colleagues at Hh Health System - the Orthopaedic Center LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 170 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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