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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Tucson, AZ
CMS lists 23 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Tucson. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 21. Offer telehealth: 11.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 85704 (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.
Rajat K. Dhar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,774Joon Hee Lim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,163Eric A. Peters, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1988 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,318Chian K. Kwoh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.3/100Graduated 1979MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $56Dylan Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Tucson: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $31Ernest R. Vina, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.3/100Graduated 2004MaleOther offices in Tucson: 3Laurie A. Bergstrom, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1999 · University of Arizona College of MedicineFemaleMichael J. Maricic, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1978MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $87Deborah J. Power, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $11Dominick G. Sudano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $201Berchman A. Vaz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $59Samuel G. Cook, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleOther offices in Tucson: 1Alpana M. Dhar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $243James S. Evans, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleOther offices in Tucson: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,452Farva R. Gondal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Tucson: 1Shannon Howe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Tucson: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,314Sabina R. Mian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleOther offices in Tucson: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $36Albert H. Redford, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,599Sujata Sarkar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993FemaleOther offices in Tucson: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $24Ruta N. Tesfamicael, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $11Ulker Tok, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,000Helene R. Kramer, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 2016 · Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic MedFemaleOther offices in Tucson: 1Jessica C. Wong, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityFemale
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).