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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Fairbanks, AK
CMS lists 12 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Fairbanks. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 12. Offer telehealth: 3.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 99701 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $112, of which you pay about $28; a follow-up visit $90, 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.
Dante M. Conley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.9/100Graduated 2007 · Harvard Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51Kristin A. Flowers, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.9/100Graduated 2011 · Mercer University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $27Joseph Livengood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.9/100Graduated 1996MaleAbraham Tsigonis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.9/100Graduated 2011 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51Rebecca Barnes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Washington School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $138Gregory I. Lisse, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of Arizona College of Medicine - PhoenixMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $160Richard B. Stein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $489Emery J. Chang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1994 · Boston University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,926Peter K. Kim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997MaleOther offices in Fairbanks: 2Arlene G. Kirschner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportFemaleOther offices in Fairbanks: 2Mark T. Kowal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverMaleOther offices in Fairbanks: 3Timothy W. Teslow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14
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.
Other specialists in Fairbanks
- Primary care doctors66
- Nurse practitioners93
- Cardiologists10
- Orthopedic surgeons21
- Neurologists3
- Ophthalmologists6
- Optometrists19
- Podiatrists3
- Urologists3
- ENT doctors4
- Oncologists4
- Psychiatrists15
- Psychologists3
- Therapists and counselors30
- Physical therapists56
- Speech therapists5
- Audiologists5
- Chiropractors19
- Gynecologists14
- Vascular surgeons4
- Allergists3
- Dietitians5
Other care in Fairbanks
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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).