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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Bessemer, AL
CMS lists 38 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bessemer. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 37. Offer telehealth: 5.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 35022 (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.
Reid S. Christopher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 1986 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bessemer: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $747Harini G. Doppalapudi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 1990FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $951Sally M. Ebaugh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 1995 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bessemer: 1Jason P. Gamble, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 1997 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $857Clark A. Gray, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 2001 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,497Wiley K. Livingston, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1974 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,092Kristen N. Michael
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,175Johnathan D. Mize, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,299Michael A. Moore, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 1980 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $764Thomas C. Pendleton Sr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 1984 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $219Rick Player, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 1978 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $704Jessica Ramos, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Virginia CampusFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,291Michael A. Rosemore, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,190Brian W. Wells, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100Graduated 2010 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $904Breezy N. Wilson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,471John Matthew R. Pierce, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.6/100Graduated 2010 · University of Louisville School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,871Holsey A. Drake, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 70.4/100Graduated 1998MaleMichael J. Burch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 38.7/100Graduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $519George B. Tisdale, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 38.7/100Graduated 2010 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $361Nicholas T. Beavers, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $319Christiana Beveridge, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Harvard Medical SchoolFemaleBenjamin R. Broome, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bessemer: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $300Beatrice Chaicharncheep
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bessemer: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,086Carmen Collins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Jared Dirks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineMaleCarleigh N. Fryrear
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $256Casey Hicks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Lucas Kane, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Virginia CampusMaleOther offices in Bessemer: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $89Michael Landers
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $244Anna E. Lassiter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25Lauren A. Linken, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bessemer: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $48Tiffany L. Martin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $402Max Michael III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1972 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleJonathan Peters, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bessemer: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $48Andrew Posey, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of North Texas HSC, College of Osteopathic MedMaleOther offices in Bessemer: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $48Elizabeth Taylor, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Bessemer: 1Douglas K. Woodward, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31Lauren Wilson, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Bessemer: 1
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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- Psychiatrists6
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- Physical therapists8
- Chiropractors4
- Gynecologists5
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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).