Kenneth O Kelley, MD
Obstetrics · Knoxville, TNNPI 1275584716
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 192 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 31.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $652 and has fallen 53.4% since, to $304 in 2025.
Across 192 payments — averaging $15.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$914
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$385
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$378
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$226
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$163
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$96
- plus $734 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,893100%
- Education$20%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 71 | $914 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 24 | $385 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 28 | $378 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 9 | $226 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $163 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Organon | 4 | $84 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 6 | $68 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 4 | $66 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 5 | $65 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Millicent US Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $57 |
| Amgen | 3 | $43 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $31 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,895 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 26 obstetrics 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 27 | $9,341 |
| PremproEstrogen,con/M-Progest Acet | 11 | $7,348 |
| Estradiol | 66 | $3,381 |
| DottiEstradiol | 14 | $920 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 21 | $523 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerPremarin, Prempro | $57 | $16,68938 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 26 obstetrics providers in Tennessee.
Other obstetrics in Knoxville
- Erin SaundersKnoxville$6K
- Jerrie Haney-WeaverKnoxville$4K
- Robert TatumKnoxville$2K
- Lionel McCollumKnoxville$16
- Kreg JonsonChattanooga$6K
- Jessica RuffinMemphis$3K
- George FoxSmyrna$3K
- Deidrea GrandberryMemphis$3K
- Kendra HayslettMartin$3K
- Stephanie DallasNashville$3K
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.