John Arnold, MD
Sports Medicine · Decherd, TNNPI 1801093695
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.8%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC at 33.1% of the total.
Across 85 payments — averaging $91.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$3K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$3K
- Arthrex$2K
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$418
- Stryker$113
- Smith+Nephew$70
- plus $378 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,09040%
- Food & beverage$2,27329%
- Education$2,40031%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 18 | $2,569 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 8 | $2,517 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $1,697 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 18 | $418 |
| Stryker | 3 | $113 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $70 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $64 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $50 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Amgen | 2 | $41 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $30 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $29 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Tenex Health 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.
- GAMMA$101
How this compares
$7,763 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 147 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 59 | $614 |
| Celecoxib | 28 | $388 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $225 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $191 |
| Mupirocin | 20 | $129 |
| Prednisone | 51 | $82 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Decherd
- Jeffrey DlabachCollierville$504K
- Ian ByramFranklin$252K
- Jw ByrdNashville$248K
- Lucas RichieLebanon$159K
- Zachary PharrColumbia$75K
- Colin LooneyFranklin$68K
- Jonathan BryantBristol$67K
- Lucas TeskeClarksville$57K
- Frederick AzarGermantown$54K
- Michael NeelMemphis$50K
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.