Knee replacement in Kentucky: the highest-volume physicians
103 physicians in Kentucky billed Medicare for 4,336 knee replacement procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reid B. Brown, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Louisville | 214 | 178 | +20% |
| 2 | Joseph W. Greene, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Louisville | 202 | 171 | +18% |
| 3 | Christian P. Christensen, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Lexington | 170 | 193 | −12% |
| 4 | Richard A. Sweet, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Louisville | 163 | 147 | +11% |
| 5 | Robert A. Goodin, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Louisville | 159 | 126 | +26% |
| 6 | Matthew T. Hummel, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Edgewood | 141 | 126 | +12% |
| 7 | Tharun Karthikeyan, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Lexington | 128 | 138 | −7% |
| 8 | Shiraz K. Patel, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Paducah | 121 | 144 | −16% |
| 9 | Arthur L. Malkani, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Louisville | 98 | 116 | −16% |
| 10 | Kevin W. Pugh, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Pikeville | 95 | 119 | −20% |
| 11 | Christopher M. Patton, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Bowling Green | 88 | 82 | +7% |
| 12 | Jeffrey N. Been, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Elizabethtown | 78 | 93 | −16% |
| 13 | Madhusudhan R. Yakkanti, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Louisville | 75 | 77 | −3% |
| 14 | Marcis A. Craig, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Elizabethtown | 74 | 74 | +0% |
| 15 | Kevin Denehy, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Lexington | 72 | 72 | +0% |
| 16 | Kirk A. Fee, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Bowling Green | 62 | 53 | +17% |
| 17 | Wallace L. Huff, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Lexington | 60 | 85 | −29% |
| 18 | Frederick T. Deweese, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Paducah | 59 | 98 | −40% |
| 19 | Jeffrey B. Selby, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Lexington | 58 | 58 | +0% |
| 20 | James C. Dodds, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Madisonville | 57 | 42 | +36% |
| 21 | Brian S. Kern, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Paducah | 56 | 54 | +4% |
| 22 | Matthew R. Luckett, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Lexington | 55 | 37 | +49% |
| 23 | Gregory L. D'angelo, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Lexington | 53 | 52 | +2% |
| 24 | John L. Fritch, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Edgewood | 52 | 23 | +126% |
| 25 | Michael E. Kirk, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Lexington | 51 | 59 | −14% |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 27447), 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.