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Michael Benton Freeman, MD

Individual provider Vascular Surgery Physician · NPI 1396769717

Michael Benton Freeman, MD practises Vascular Surgery in Knoxville, Tennessee. Graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 1980, 46 years ago. Practices with University Health System, Inc, a 529-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
46
Trained at
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1940 Alcoa Hwy Ste 120 Heart Lung Vascular Instiute
Knoxville, TN 37920 Not confirmed with CMS for 16 years — call before visiting
Phone: (865) 544-8040
Fax: (865) 544-8041
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Specialties & licences

Vascular Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 2086S0129X · Licence MD018033 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1396769717
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 27, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 14, 2010

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyVASCULAR SURGERY
Also practisesGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolMEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1980 (46 years in practice)
Group practice University Health System, Inc. — 529 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of tissue 19 times · 68th percentile
Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) 15 times · 66th percentile
Varicose vein removal 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients1,070
Services billed 2,067 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $72 3 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at University Health System, Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 529 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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