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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in La Quinta, CA
CMS lists 37 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in La Quinta. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 37. Offer telehealth: 20.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 92253 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $136, of which you pay about $34; a follow-up visit $105, of which you pay about $26 — 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.
Megan N. Baikie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleCatherine M. Bianchi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleSam Lin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · New York Medical CollegeMaleOther offices in La Quinta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $118Erica M. Ruiz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.8/100Graduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $134Rajdeep S. Brar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86Chad Braun, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleAimmee S. Chin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86Paige Dubin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2019FemaleKulwinder K. Fayssoux, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineFemaleSeyed Hamid Hemmati, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 1994MaleAnna Maria Kayaloglou, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2008FemalePaul A. Levitan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 1993 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleDino Mellone, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2024MaleDulce M. Oandasan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986FemalePuri Lorena A. Pascual, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemalePerry M. Schall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 1980MaleJoseph E. Scherger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1975 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleShirley Ivy Uy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2006FemaleArpee F. Yeretzian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 1987FemaleAnne Zschaechner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 1978FemaleSanjay Verma, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Brian Gery, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 18.3/100Graduated 1993 · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityMaleRezner H. Abubakar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994MaleYalda Chalabi, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $363Jambur Chandrashekar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,008Asha A. Dasika, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021 · Un of California, Riverside, School of MedicineFemaleMichael A. Degnan, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022 · Touro Un Col of Osteopathic Medicine, HendersonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125Russell J. Grant, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986MaleKayvan Kani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004MaleNina K. Maw Maw, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $670Cyrus Mohrdar-Ghaemmaghami, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021MaleJodean Nicolette, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Stanford University School of MedicineFemaleArjun Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $369Amanda A. Rittenberg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $391Edward A. Ruiz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $404Mark M. Salama, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Christopher L. Snyder, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic 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.
Other specialists in La Quinta
- Nurse practitioners16
- Dermatologists3
- Orthopedic surgeons7
- Neurologists3
- Ophthalmologists4
- Optometrists9
- Podiatrists6
- ENT doctors3
- Oncologists6
- Physical therapists3
- Chiropractors7
- Gynecologists5
Other care in La Quinta
Dialysis centers · Home health agencies · Hospices
Nearby cities
- Palm Desert50
- Indio55
- Coachella7
- Rancho Mirage121
- Cathedral City23
- Palm Springs151
- Borrego Springs4
- Morongo Valley3
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).