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Gastroenterologists who accept Medicare in Jonesboro, AR
CMS lists 11 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Jonesboro. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 11. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 72401 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $119, of which you pay about $30; a follow-up visit $92, 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.
Kevin Batte, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2014 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,273Vimal P. Amin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.4/100Graduated 1982MaleOther offices in Jonesboro: 3Bakht S. Cheema, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2010MaleOther offices in Jonesboro: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $460Yaseen B. Perbtani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2013MaleOther offices in Jonesboro: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,172Jason E. Edling, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleOther offices in Jonesboro: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $98Barry M. Garner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,066Kandarp R. Patel, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Touro Un College of Osteopathic Medicine, VallejoMaleOther offices in Jonesboro: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $21Michael H. Sifford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $322Jeffrey Stidman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Donovan R. Stockdale, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $193Gregory A. Szych, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · University of New England, College of Osteo MedicineMale
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).