Thomas Evely, DO
Sports Medicine · Birmingham, ALNPI 1205217577
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (44.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 30.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,662 and has fallen 68.5% since, to $3,985 in 2025.
Across 179 payments — averaging $187.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$10K
- Arthrex$6K
- Zimmer Biomet$5K
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$3K
- Exactech, Inc.$2K
- Prime Surgical, LLC$2K
- plus $4K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,17427%
- Food & beverage$9,41428%
- Education$14,95044%
- Gifts$630%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $10,266 |
| Arthrex | 42 | $6,288 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 40 | $5,108 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 20 | $3,480 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 14 | $2,424 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 15 | $1,580 |
| Gentleman Orthopedic Solutions | 1 | $1,200 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 5 | $980 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 4 | $507 |
| Linkbio Corp | 2 | $506 |
| Stryker | 9 | $389 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $271 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Catalyst Orthoscience | 1 | $128 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 5 | $126 |
| Ossio Inc | 1 | $79 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $26 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Next Science LLC | 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.
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$3,287
- InSet System$3,013
- EQUINOXE$1,823
- DJO SURGICAL$1,741
- BioBrace 23mm$331
- EQUINOXE PHX SYSTEM$306
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$155
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED AUGMENTED GLENOID$155
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$150
- Arthroscopy Instrument Systems$137
- EXPAREL$131
- Catalyst CSR Shoulder System$128
- R1 Reverse Shoulder System$128
- ARTHREX$125
- IOVERA SYSTEM$118
- Identity$103
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$103
How this compares
$33,601 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 108 sports medicine providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 36 | $262 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $229 |
| Methocarbamol | 48 | $216 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 35 | $126 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $61 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Birmingham
- Edward CainBirmingham$12.7M
- Mark RogersBirmingham$94K
- Amit MomayaBirmingham$77K
- Christoper GarrettBirmingham$58K
- Reaves CrabtreeBirmingham$47K
- David AdkisonBirmingham$46K
- Amir ShahienBirmingham$45K
- Christopher CarterBirmingham$42K
- Christian MerrillBirmingham$40K
- Aaron JoinerBirmingham$32K
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.