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Neurosurgeons who accept Medicare in Alma, AR
CMS lists 13 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Alma. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 13. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 72921 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $119, of which you pay about $30; a follow-up visit $65, of which you pay about $16 — 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.
Salim Rahman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.2/100Graduated 1991 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleReza Shahim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 77.4/100Graduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,523Ludwig D. Orozco, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $112Brad A. Thomas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2001 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $727Larry G. Armstrong, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Fort Worth School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,544Jaafar Basma, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleTimothy M. Eastin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,797Daraspreet Kainth, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleMuhammad Kandel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,542John R. Pace, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $91Viktoras Palys, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $106Blake C. Phillips
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $684Scott M. Schlesinger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $145
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 doctors58
- Nurse practitioners57
- Cardiologists3
- Orthopedic surgeons49
- Neurologists5
- Therapists and counselors4
- Pain management doctors3
- Physiatrists4
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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).