Daniel Branham, MD
Hand Surgery · Oak Ridge, TNNPI 1467661223
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.2%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medartis Inc. accounts for 60.5% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,012 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $240 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $252.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medartis Inc.$11K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$4K
- Arthrex$3K
- Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$478
- Abbott$150
- Stryker$122
- plus $301 from 8 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $29,098 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$58K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,50056%
- Travel & lodging$1,2217%
- Food & beverage$2,25512%
- Education$4,71425%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medartis Inc. | 10 | $11,309 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 18 | $3,607 |
| Arthrex | 12 | $2,723 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 8 | $478 |
| Abbott | 9 | $150 |
| Stryker | 1 | $122 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $80 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $52 |
| Axogen | 1 | $51 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$18,690 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 60 hand surgery providers in Tennessee.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 118 | $383 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 54 | $289 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $272 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Oak Ridge
- William YetterOak Ridge$14K
- Donald LeeNashville$546K
- Mihir DesaiNashville$110K
- Gleb MedvedevNashville$60K
- Brett SandersChattanooga$55K
- Todd RubinNashville$39K
- Jed MaslowNashville$29K
- Paul GormanJohnson City$24K
- Jane SiegelNashville$22K
- Heather TaillacCookeville$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.