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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Athens, AL
CMS lists 33 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Athens. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 31. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 35611 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $122, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $94, of which you pay about $23 — the 20% coinsurance after the yearly Part B deductible. Clinicians who don't accept assignment can charge up to 15% more; with a Medicare Advantage plan, your plan's copay applies instead.
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Order: clinicians who accept assignment first, then by MIPS score (highest first), then by last name.
Ibukunoluwa O. Kusimo, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.6/100Graduated 2016 · West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleChandra S. Koneru, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.5/100Graduated 1985MaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $19Vijaya K. Koneru, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.5/100Graduated 1985FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19Pauline A. Lett-Anderson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.3/100Graduated 2001FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $959James R. Walker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.3/100Graduated 1983 · George Washington University School of MedicineMaleWilliam Woodall
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.3/100Graduated 2005 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,045Eric J. Hatfield, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65.6/100Graduated 1998 · Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Mark Wendolowski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 41.8/100Graduated 2019MaleNauman Qureshi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 30.4/100Graduated 1975MaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $180Olakunle P. Akinsoto, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleLauren T. Beggs, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $675Matthew B. Caldwell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,472Amy T. Clark, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,053Uma Davuluri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleAndrea Dunn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,584Garrett T. Dunn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,509Milton A. George II, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesMaleMelissa C. Gray, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $270Matthew Hanserd, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Ernest L. Hendrix, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $189Phillip R. Ingram Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $933Belinda Maples, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $326Patrick M. McEldrew, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $349Maria C. Onoya, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleOther offices in Athens: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $195Tracy L. Pool, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,127Jeremy K. Prince, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $587Samantha C. Ross, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $849Joseph A. Shaw, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,035Phillip P. Stewart, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Kansas City University of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Dominique M. Thompson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Meharry Medical College School of MedicineFemaleLisabeth A. Williams, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · Hahnemann University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Kiara J. Carmichael, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Athens: 1Danisa M. Clarrett, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2014 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $759
Before you book
This list comes from Medicare's enrollment records, not from reviews. Call the office to confirm the clinician is taking new Medicare patients. With Original Medicare, a clinician who accepts assignment can only charge you the Medicare deductible and coinsurance; one who doesn't may charge up to 15% more than the Medicare-approved amount. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, check that the clinician is in the plan's network.
The MIPS final score (0–100) comes from Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System for 2024. It combines quality measures, cost, improvement activities and use of certified health records, and it sets a payment adjustment. Clinicians who report as a group share the group's score. It is not a patient rating, and many clinicians have no published score.
Payments from drug and medical device companies come from CMS Open Payments (2025 general payments: meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and similar), summed for each clinician. Receiving payments is legal and common and does not mean a clinician did anything wrong.
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Enrollment, addresses and scores are as reported to CMS and can change. This is not a list of in-network providers for any Medicare Advantage plan, and it is not medical advice. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, Clinician MIPS Performance 2024 and Facility Affiliation Data (released Oct 2, 2026).