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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Palm Springs, CA
CMS lists 151 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Palm Springs. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 141. Offer telehealth: 36.
What a visit costs with Original Medicare
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 92262 (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.
Joel F. Trambley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2002 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86B'Lala Nawurah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.2/100Graduated 2012FemaleSam Lin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · New York Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $118Evan Houck, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 2004 · Mid West Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Todd S. Sallenbach, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 1999 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Mark S. Louden, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.5/100Graduated 1985 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $71Jason P. Kauffman, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 2009MaleShahriyar Tavakoli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,041Jonathan G. Bechard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $132Elegant C. Bigornia, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2007 · Medical College of WisconsinFemaleChad Braun, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleAlexander R. Del Rosario, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · Hahnemann University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $350Bruce L. Ferguson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleJames E. Gaede, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1980 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleRussell G. Hisscock, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleMichael D. Hughes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $174Reema Khurram, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987FemaleDino Mellone, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2024MaleJorge E. Rodriguez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $45,048Ann E. Stapleton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityFemaleShirley Ivy Uy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2006FemaleEmad D. Bishay, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 1992MaleJose Candelario, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $135Luanne M. Carlson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2006 · Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo MedFemaleSiddhartha Chatterjee, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2014MaleDavid L. Gu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2012MaleApollo Lester A. Gulle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2002MaleGemma Kim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $135Peter D. Kopelevich, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2000MaleMai Ngan N. Lai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2009FemaleYea Ping Lin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2017 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30Julie Y. Lu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 1985FemaleAnh T. Luong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23Leeda M. Mathew, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2018FemaleJulius A. Musenze, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2016 · Ohio University, College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleSteven A. Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2013 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityMaleThien T. Nguyen, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2016MalePedram M. Shawd, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 1998 · State University of NY Upstate Medical UniversityMaleMubashir A. Sheikh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2018MaleSrinivas Sirimalle
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2004MalePatricia Sotolong, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Jennifer Truong, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125Luis Vera, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 2017 · Temple University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Frank B. Arian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 1996 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleShawn A. Allen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 29.5/100Graduated 1996 · University of Arizona College of MedicineFemaleJames Shaner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 25.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1972 · Stanford University School of MedicineMaleCecil Acosta, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Campbell Univ School of Osteopathic MedicineMaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1James M. Adams, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,490Jessica G. Afable, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $282Nadeem A. Afridi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986MaleAlbert R. Anderson III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $798Joseph C. Aquilina, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $247Sunil Arora, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,052Martin Florentine S. Atal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $281Clayton O. Barbour II, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $194Malcolm Blake, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Olatunde I. Bosu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Errol T. Buntuyan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · Un of California, Irvine, College of MedicineMaleJorge A. Capo-Rodriguez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $69Nykia Chichizola-Peace, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · Howard University College of MedicineFemaleJitka Civrna, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985FemaleClifton Cole, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleRenzo M. Corzano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · New York Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,049Christopher J. Faux, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleRichard Ferreras, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1975 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Mark S. Foster, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleAlexander B. Frid, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995MaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Michelle M. Garrido, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Shefaa George, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987FemalePaul D. Gochis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverMaleSteven M. Goldberg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974 · Temple University School of MedicineMaleCharles D. Gonzales, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleLearned Gonzales, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994MaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $28William J. Grimm, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Silas Gyimah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleKinji L. Hawthorne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleBenjamin J. Hegenbarth, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Mid Western UniversityMaleStacey E. Heindl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleJose-Daniel Hernandez Rivera, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $159Hussein A. Hijazi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Kim Hoang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $74Marc A. Hoffing, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleOther offices in Palm Springs: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $24Cody M. Hull, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleBao T. Huynh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23Huong N. Huynh, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic MedFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Michael F. Jardula, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $391Heather Jones-Gochis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998FemaleShubha J. Kerkar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $432Waqas A. Khan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MalePrerna M. Khanna
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19Loren Khoury, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleEna Kim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22John A. Kruba, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · R Franklin University of Med & Sci/chicago Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Richard S. Kyaw, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $126Jeffrey D. Lawhead, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $680Jae Yong Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $759Geoffrey W. Leung, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleMichelle Y. Lewis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineFemaleRonaldo Luanzon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125Mohammad A. Mahmud, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986Male
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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 Palm Springs
- Nurse practitioners89
- Cardiologists18
- Dermatologists7
- Orthopedic surgeons7
- Neurologists38
- Gastroenterologists5
- Ophthalmologists11
- Optometrists5
- Podiatrists4
- Urologists4
- ENT doctors3
- Oncologists5
- Psychiatrists27
- Psychologists16
- Therapists and counselors108
- Physical therapists14
- Chiropractors5
- Gynecologists15
- General surgeons15
- Neurosurgeons7
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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).