Lumbar epidural steroid injection · Tennessee
Lumbar epidural steroid injection in Tennessee: the highest-volume physicians
155 physicians in Tennessee billed Medicare for 21,941 lumbar epidural steroid injection procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary R. Kalb, DOPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Franklin | 968 | 892 | +9% |
| 2 | Eric J. Homberg, MDAnesthesiology · Jackson | 712 | 693 | +3% |
| 3 | Kenneth T. Sykes, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Columbia | 554 | 453 | +22% |
| 4 | Michael C. Craig, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Knoxville | 490 | 513 | −4% |
| 5 | Carlos E. Rivera-Tavarez, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Cordova | 458 | 470 | −3% |
| 6 | Michael D. Hermann, MDAnesthesiology · Chattanooga | 436 | 429 | +2% |
| 7 | John D. Dockery, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Germantown | 433 | 384 | +13% |
| 8 | James Wike, MDPain Management · Knoxville | 415 | 480 | −14% |
| 9 | Jonathan M. Stuart, DOPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Bartlett | 393 | 393 | +0% |
| 10 | Joshua L. Hare, DOPain Management · Chattanooga | 386 | 141 | +174% |
| 11 | Samuel A. Yoakum, DOPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Knoxville | 363 | 409 | −11% |
| 12 | David E. Burstedt, MDPain Management · Cookeville | 361 | 304 | +19% |
| 13 | James W. Eby, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Mt Juliet | 353 | 362 | −2% |
| 13 | William E. Seely, MDInterventional Pain Management · Jackson | 353 | 575 | −39% |
| 15 | Alexander G. Roberts, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Chattanooga | 349 | 402 | −13% |
| 16 | Ashley L. Park, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Germantown | 339 | 286 | +19% |
| 17 | Forrest P. Allen, DOInterventional Pain Management · Nashville | 320 | 291 | +10% |
| 18 | Alan J. Kraus, MDAnesthesiology · Collierville | 317 | 238 | +33% |
| 19 | Christopher P. Ashley, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Hendersonville | 300 | 219 | +37% |
| 20 | Michael C. Bowman, DOPain Management · Murfreesboro | 292 | 347 | −16% |
| 21 | Kenneth M. Homolya, MDPain Management · Brentwood | 291 | 262 | +11% |
| 22 | David M. Lowry, DOPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Chattanooga | 284 | 283 | +0% |
| 23 | Judith R. Lee-Sigler, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Memphis | 275 | 309 | −11% |
| 24 | Scott Miller, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Nashville | 270 | 68 | +297% |
| 25 | Brian Wetherington, MDInterventional Pain Management · Alcoa | 268 | 238 | +13% |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 62323, 64483), in 2024, Medicare fee-for-service only. A surgeon who mostly treats younger or Medicare Advantage patients will rank lower than their total volume. Method and limits.