Dr. Harold E. Cates Jr., MD

Dr. Cates practices at Parkwest Surgery Center - Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dr. Cates' NPI, 1063498392, was assigned on December 19, 2005. Dr. Cates graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Cates holds Tennessee license 33442.

Dr. Cates' primary practice is Parkwest Surgery Center - Knoxville, at 9430 Parkwest Blvd, Suite 210, Knoxville, TN 37923. The practice phone is (865) 531-0494.

Dr. Cates' primary practice is Parkwest Surgery Center - Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Cates is also affiliated with Covenant Health Parkwest. The medical group on file is Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cates to 4 more hospitals, 4 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 2 home health agencies, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cates practices, 12 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Cates' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Cates is licensed in Tennessee.

CMS data shows 3,117 Medicare services from Dr. Cates across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 721 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $236,526 for them.

CMS counts 721 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cates in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 376 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 2% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.04, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cates' median patient age at 73, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cates wrote 859 Medicare Part D claims for 379 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 751 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,809 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 614 claims across 13 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Cates for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Cates accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Cates as offering telehealth. CMS counts 91 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Cates, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 29 papers to Dr. Cates, published from 2014 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Biomechanical Phenomena and Knee Joint. Dr. Cates has published most often in J Arthroplasty. Dr. Cates' most frequent co-authors are Gregg R. Klein, MD, Matthew J. Kraay, MD and Arthur Lalit/Laxman Malkani, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Cates to 7 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis, Knee and Arthritis, Rheumatoid. Smith & Nephew, Inc. sponsors the most, 3. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Cates that name 1 trial.

CMS Open Payments shows 241 general payments to Dr. Cates from 18 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 54% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $250,542. It also lists 3 research payments totaling $35,245 from 2016 to 2025, naming 1 clinical trial.

Dr. Cates graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 1985.