Donald Adams, DO
Orthopaedic Trauma · Nashville, TNNPI 1962815670
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes USA Products LLC at 45.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $6,409 and has fallen 93.3% since, to $431 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $175.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes USA Products LLC$6K
- Stryker$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$900
- Axogen$188
- plus $573 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,30150%
- Travel & lodging$2,12217%
- Food & beverage$4,24634%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 7 | $5,735 |
| Stryker | 34 | $3,019 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $1,179 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,073 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $900 |
| Axogen | 3 | $188 |
| Curvafix, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $99 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $86 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $39 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $31 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $29 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- NA$5,849
- GAMMA$1,405
- LCP PLATES & SCREWS$900
- MAKO$471
- VA-LCP$292
- ACCOLADE$230
- CurvaFix IM Implant$150
- INSIGNIA$145
- MaxxCell$125
- ATTUNE$125
- ACTIS$125
- RECLAIM$125
- Kincise Surgical Automated System$125
- TRIATHLON$125
- AXSOS$125
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$116
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$116
- ADAPT$102
How this compares
$12,668 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 27 orthopaedic trauma 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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Nashville
- Tania FergusonNashville$155K
- Phillip MitchellNashville$32K
- Katherine BuesserNashville$30K
- Jason EvansNashville$28K
- Erin HoferNashville$25K
- William ObremskeyNashville$14K
- Daniel JohnsonNashville$13K
- Lauren TatmanNashville$12K
- Mariel RickertNashville$6K
- Michelle HertzbergNashville$2K
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.