Thomas Freels
Nurse Practitioner · Louisville, KYNPI 1629524053
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $13,208 of the $19,640 with a category attached, or 67.2%. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.3%. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 319 payments — averaging $61.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$5K
- Abbott$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Curonix LLC$1K
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,43333%
- Food & beverage$13,20867%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 54 | $4,576 |
| Abbott | 60 | $4,439 |
| Medtronic | 52 | $3,259 |
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $2,043 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 7 | $1,173 |
| Curonix LLC | 11 | $1,064 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 36 | $509 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 4 | $441 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 5 | $417 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $313 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $225 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 13 | $214 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $129 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $126 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $109 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $73 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Emergent Biosolutions Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $42 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Evoke$2,778
- PROCLAIM$2,246
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,919
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,004
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$962
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$882
- Proclaim IPG$777
- Evoke SCS$470
- mild Device Kit$419
- ETERNA$395
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$203
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$203
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$203
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$203
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$203
- ReActiv8$141
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$137
- XEOMIN$131
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$128
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$121
How this compares
$19,640 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,918 nurse practitioner providers in Kentucky.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 944 | $17,736 |
| Pregabalin | 94 | $5,200 |
| Gabapentin | 405 | $3,841 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 13 | $1,831 |
| Celecoxib | 63 | $1,558 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 105 | $1,233 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 104 | $852 |
| Methocarbamol | 22 | $632 |
| Meloxicam | 27 | $211 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 26 | $179 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 45 | $105 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $96 |
| Baclofen | 19 | $74 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Louisville
- Tara MuddLouisville$243K
- Lee HaasLouisville$95K
- Ashley KnableLouisville$86K
- Christina BenningerLouisville$81K
- Rebecca BraunerLouisville$40K
- Christy BakerLouisville$18K
- Blair WagnerLouisville$15K
- Kathryn WestLouisville$13K
- Kimberly RobinsonLouisville$13K
- Mistie TeerLouisville$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.