Douglas Freels, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Sevierville, TNNPI 1528069051
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Conformis, Inc. accounts for 64.8% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,465 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $19 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $4,017.
Across 48 payments — averaging $44.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conformis, Inc.$1K
- Radius Health, Inc.$218
- Stryker$66
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$65
- Amgen$59
- Johnson & Johnson$55
- plus $289 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,06950%
- Food & beverage$1,07050%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conformis, Inc. | 9 | $1,386 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 14 | $218 |
| Stryker | 1 | $66 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Amgen | 3 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $55 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $26 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $4 |
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.
- Hip, Identity PS$973
- Hip$148
How this compares
$2,139 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 381 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 55 | $541 |
| Meloxicam | 193 | $460 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $269 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $169 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 39 | $140 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Sevierville
- Paul BradyKnoxville$20M
- Edwin SpencerKnoxville$2.5M
- Jesse DotyChattanooga$2.3M
- Thomas ThrockmortonGermantown$1.7M
- Alton HunterColumbia$820K
- Jefferson MorrisonNashville$678K
- Michael BeebeMemphis$626K
- Gregory PolkowskiNashville$526K
- Matthew WillisNashville$498K
- Michael ChristieNashville$474K
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.