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Thomas W. Brown III, MD

NPI 1932164209ActiveIndividual· Orthopaedic Surgery· Chattanooga, TN

Orthopaedic Surgery (MD) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, trained at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans (class of 1983). In 2024 Medicare paid $50,207 for 154 patients, and Part D covered 161 of their prescriptions, 86% of them generic. Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $52.58 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1932164209
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI issuedApr 19, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMar 8, 2023
Certified by providerMar 8, 2023

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Orthopaedic Surgery Primary207X00000XMD0000020236TN

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Orthopedic Surgery (TN)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients154
Services billed4,008 across 40 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$50,207

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)161 · 169 30-day fills
Patients72
Total drug cost$9,117
Generic share86% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolLouisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Graduation year1983
Medicare specialtyOrthopedic Surgery

Hospital affiliations

Other facilities

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$52.58 · 2 payments from 2 companies
  • 2024$3,053 · 22 payments from 9 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$29.011
Smith+nephew, Inc.$23.571

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$52.58 · 2 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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