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Nephrologists who accept Medicare in Tempe, AZ
CMS lists 11 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Tempe. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 11. Offer telehealth: 4.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 85284 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $128, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $98, of which you pay about $25 — 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.
Bhupesh Panwar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2013MaleMyriam Vela-Ortiz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleOther offices in Tempe: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,338Mhd Kussay Alsamkari, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 18.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $511Umar Waheed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 1995MaleOther offices in Tempe: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $353Mohan K. Bangaru, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $116Richard C. Cline, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleRandy Cooper, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Tempe: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,044Moiz Dawood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $201Sandeep M. Patil, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $379Aslam Pervez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $35Asjad Sardar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999MaleOther offices in Tempe: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $394
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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- Primary care doctors103
- Nurse practitioners340
- Cardiologists19
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- Orthopedic surgeons15
- Ophthalmologists8
- Optometrists31
- Podiatrists5
- ENT doctors8
- Oncologists3
- Psychiatrists24
- Psychologists13
- Therapists and counselors118
- Physical therapists101
- Occupational therapists8
- Speech therapists16
- Audiologists11
- Chiropractors24
- Gynecologists14
- General surgeons6
- Pain management doctors3
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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).