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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in San Diego, CA
CMS lists 38 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in San Diego. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 38. Offer telehealth: 25.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 92103 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $140, of which you pay about $35; a follow-up visit $108, of which you pay about $27 — 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.
Soo I. Choi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineFemaleMary P. Corr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100Graduated 1986 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleGary S. Firestein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100Graduated 1980 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $10,927Monica Guma, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemalePaul Hsu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100Graduated 2016 · Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineMaleDoquyen Huynh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleKenneth C. Kalunian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1979 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25,330Arthur F. Kavanaugh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984 · St. Louis College of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $113,486Susan J. Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $199Gregory D. Middleton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989 · Boston University School of MedicineMalePuja Patel, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · Lincoln Memorial University Medical DepartmentFemaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Brian A. Pedersen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $147Chelsey J. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · New York University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,894Corrie D. Broudy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Zunera Tahir, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Howard University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $392Cheryl D. Wright, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,449Mahmood Pazirandeh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65/100Graduated 1958MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,311Gayle M. Kookootsedes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 62.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,123Ara H. Dikranian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 32.9/100Graduated 1995 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $365,575Arthur R. Mabaquiao, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 32.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $28,998Rafid Asfar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,878Monica C. Budianu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $263Swapna P. Busa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $102Natasha S. Conley, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · At Still University, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral HlthFemaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Riyasha Daulat, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Arizona College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Karam T. Jabri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $934Surabhi A. Khanna, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleOther offices in San Diego: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,475Manisha S. Kumar, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $760Katherine Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineFemaleDana A. Reddy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $559Tania L. Rivera, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,358Edward V. Skol, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · New York Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $121Zuhre Tutuncu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $59,758Giancarlo R. Valiente, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,310Peter J. Weis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,305Hong Yang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996FemaleNeda Yazdi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineFemaleZejin Zhu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996Female
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).