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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Palm Springs, CA
CMS lists 89 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Palm Springs. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 81. Offer telehealth: 14.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 92262 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $92, of which you pay about $23; 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.
Alexandre Monteiro, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $115Flordeliza S. Mendoza
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.5/100Graduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Teresa De Jesus Sanchez Rodriguez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.5/100Graduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $19Magen A. Costilla, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 2020FemaleKatlyn K. Monday, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.7/100Graduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,124Blessing Fadaka, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2016FemaleMadeline E. Ramirez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2022 · Emory University School of MedicineFemaleDonna F. Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2005FemaleGerard Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123Cristian E. Villegas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $132James D. Watson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2015MaleNatalie Rue
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 1995 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $330Bony Mathew, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,396Elizabeth C. McGowan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $551Joana Marie Pascual, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 76/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleTimothy Lazarek, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 32.9/100Graduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,359Kristen L. Hickok, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 23.3/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,594Marlyne M. Abon
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleJira Jane B. Aguilar, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,401Taylor M. Altun, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $524Angel G. Anderson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $36James M. Bailey, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleJames P. Balbin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021MaleAshlyn E. Barnes, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDanielle Bouchard, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $306Tonya L. Cham, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $106Jennifer L. Chiriano, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,305Carlos Colon
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $41William E. Daniel, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008MaleMargaret L. Deering, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleGlynis T. Del Rosario, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48Monica Diaz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Xochitl Dupre, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleMonique Fincannon, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $118Tabitha L. Fitzgerald, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $478Victoria R. Hamilton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Marie A. Hampton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $613Rebecca K. Henson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30Marlene E. Jackson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleAliana R. Johns, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Brian D. Johnson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Dennis H. Kan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $255Eden K. Karikari, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $441Rosilyn Kattiyaman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleVictoria Landry
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Jennifer Le, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Frank F. Lin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $247Wanda K. Long, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Theresa Lopez-Zepeda, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Randy Lumbantobing, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2025 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMalePamela A. Mack, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $425Jonathan E. Magdaleno Rodriguez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $125Elizabeth G. Manley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $452Carolyn McAlpin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997FemaleCami Lee E. McChesney, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $375Stephen Merritt, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $99Miriam E. Mirmotahari, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,546Ryan Mopal, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $731Shoua Moua
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $274Megan M. Moyers, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $679Kenneth W. Nordlund, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleCeasar J. Perez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleMatthew M. Reynolds, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $88Emy L. Rivera, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleRandall A. Roark, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Jamie L. Robinson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,282Azucena Ruff, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Patricia L. Ryan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleKristi K. Sakamoto, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $322Emmanuel Samoy, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $17Leigh P. Shinn, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleKelly M. Stormes, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $150Chance Thepmontry-Nhep, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleTamara J. Tucker-Ham, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997FemaleRay Velasco, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $85Roque Anthony F. Velasco, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,307Abner C. Vilches, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleMichelle L. Weaver
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $152Sugi U. Williams, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleBrian W. Willis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $431Lisa Wong-Soqui, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Michele R. Anderson, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $17Daniela Arredondo, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Paul D. Boyd, NP
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $638Kyle R. Boylan, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026MaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Zarina Moreno, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $201Lyneeka C. Pittman, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $132Trevor Six, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19Xochitl A. Torres Carvajal, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23
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).