Dr. Brandon Howard Downs, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,685
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 158
- Part D claims, 2024
- 682
- Publications
- 1
- Hospital affiliations
- 4
- Practice address
- 1912 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN 37203-2107
- Practice phone
- Call (615) 590-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Advancedhealth
Multi-specialty group site · Nashville, Tennessee
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Dr. Brandon Howard Downs is an orthopedic surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Downs practices at Advancedhealth in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Downs' NPI, 1568492049, was assigned on July 3, 2006. Dr. Downs graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Downs holds Tennessee license 35960.
- NPI
- 1568492049NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1759385040
- NPI enumeration date
- July 3, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (615) 590-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 52
- Medical school graduation
- 2000
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs practices at Advancedhealth in Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Downs' primary practice is Advancedhealth, at 1912 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN 37203-2107. The practice phone is (615) 590-8000.
- Advancedhealth1912 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN 37203-2107Phone(615) 590-8000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Downs' primary practice is Advancedhealth in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Downs is also affiliated with Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West. The medical group on file is Advanced Diagnostic Imaging. Dmand AI also links Dr. Downs to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Brandon Howard Downs' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Downs practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Advancedhealth | Available with a free account |
| +7 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Brandon Howard Downs is one of 380 orthopedic surgeons in Tennessee
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Downs' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Downs is licensed in Tennessee.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, TennesseePrimary
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Downs
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs billed Medicare for 2,685 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,685 Medicare services from Dr. Downs across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 158 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $35,411 for them.
Dr. Downs' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 482024: 2,4044908%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1012024: 11211%
- Imaging
- 2023: 812024: 855%
- Surgery
- 2023: 862024: 842%
Where Dr. Downs' Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2,65499%
- In a facility311%
Dr. Downs compared with the Tennessee median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Downs
- Tennessee median
- Medicare services
- 2,685vs 1,59568% above
- Medicare patients
- 158vs 29046% below
- Part D claims
- 633vs 2322.7 times
Medians across 392 orthopedic surgeons in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Downs' most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs treated 158 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 158 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Downs in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 75 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.09, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Downs' median patient age at 58, with 61% women.
Dr. Downs' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Downs' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women10768%
- Men5132%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Downs' Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol72%
- Mood disorders37%
- Depression33%
- Anxiety32%
- Ischemic heart disease31%
- Diabetes28%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Downs' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 58
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women61%
- Men39%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs wrote 682 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Downs wrote 682 Medicare Part D claims for 259 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 633 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,720 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 604 claims across 10 drugs.
Dr. Downs' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic681 claims100%
- Brand-name and other1 claims0%
Dr. Downs' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Downs' Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids27%182 of 682 claims
- Antibiotics8%56 of 682 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 6042024: 6335%
Drugs named by CMS: 12 in 2024, 10 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs ranks in the 96th percentile for lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) in Medicare
Dr. Downs accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 28 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Downs, more than 96% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Downs ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
- 75th percentile31 procedures
- Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
- 96th percentile28 procedures
- Knee replacement
- 58th percentile24 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Brandon Howard Downs has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Downs. Dr. Downs' most frequent co-author is Anthony Miniaci, MD.
Dr. Downs' most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Downs
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs received $18,587 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 188 general payments to Dr. Downs from 47 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 29% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $10,767.
General payments to Dr. Downs by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Downs by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Travel and lodging$5,30429%
- Education$5,18928%
- Food and beverage$5,09327%
- Speaker and faculty fees$3,00016%
Companies that paid Dr. Downs the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Dr. Downs graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2000.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Brandon Howard Downs's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Brandon Howard Downs' NPI number?
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs' NPI number is 1568492049. It was assigned on July 3, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Brandon Howard Downs?
Dr. Brandon Howard Downs is an orthopedic surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Brandon Howard Downs practice?
Dr. Downs practices at 1912 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN 37203-2107. Dr. Downs' primary practice is Advancedhealth in Nashville, Tennessee. Dmand AI also links Dr. Downs to 3 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 physician office.
What is Dr. Brandon Howard Downs' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Downs is (615) 590-8000.
What is Dr. Brandon Howard Downs' medical license number?
Dr. Downs holds Tennessee license 35960.
Which hospitals is Dr. Brandon Howard Downs affiliated with?
Dr. Downs is affiliated with Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West. Dmand AI links Dr. Downs to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Brandon Howard Downs part of?
Dr. Downs is linked to Advanced Diagnostic Imaging. Dmand AI links Dr. Downs to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Brandon Howard Downs accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Downs billed Medicare for 2,685 services in 2024, and Dr. Downs accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Brandon Howard Downs see?
CMS counts 158 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Downs in 2024, with an average age of 73.
What services does Dr. Brandon Howard Downs bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Downs' most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), injected or infused drug (J3301) and office visit, established patient (99213).
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Where did Dr. Brandon Howard Downs go to medical school?
Dr. Downs graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2000.
What drugs does Dr. Brandon Howard Downs prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Downs' most prescribed drugs by claims were Ibuprofen, Meloxicam and Oxycodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. Brandon Howard Downs received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $18,587 in general payments to Dr. Downs from 47 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.
How long has Dr. Brandon Howard Downs been practicing?
Dr. Downs graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.
Does Dr. Brandon Howard Downs do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Downs.
Who does Dr. Brandon Howard Downs publish with?
Dr. Downs' most frequent co-authors are Anthony Miniaci, MD (1 shared paper).
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