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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in San Luis Obispo, CA
CMS lists 47 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in San Luis Obispo. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 46. Offer telehealth: 21.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 93401 (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.
Elizabeth E. Arvizu, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100Graduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,495Steven Barbere, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $604Mariacelis R. Capeling, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $396Robin S. Dibiase, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100Graduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,611Megan C. Hansen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Samantha R. Jacot, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100Graduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $303Therese M. Meyer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Jennifer S. Poe, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $276Carissa C. Buckey, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in San Luis Obispo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $358Scarlett E. Carder, CNM
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 2021 · Yale University School of MedicineFemaleNina Lu, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 2021FemaleGrace Thompson Bell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,814Mary M. Okimoto, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $212Clayton D. Blankenship, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,289Laura E. Levingston, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,784Shannon M. Arthur, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.5/100Graduated 2021FemaleOther offices in San Luis Obispo: 1James A. Sellers, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 18.4/100Graduated 2018MaleOther offices in San Luis Obispo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $370Ronalyn M. Amor, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $475Arete Arredondo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleMathew B. Barnett, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleOther offices in San Luis Obispo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $361Allison R. Brenner, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $151Elizabeth A. Cartozian, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $225Kelli M. Compean, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $479Joe F. Croft, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $293Laura A. De La Cruz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,395Kristen R. Escobar, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleErika L. Fromhold, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,275Kathryn A. Frye, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $110Emma M. Glozman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50Erin E. Green, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleJane M. Johnson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123Nuree Kwon, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $116Elissa Molfino, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Avery J. Paulson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $173Courtney A. Ray, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,148Gary M. Raymond, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $722Melody Recio, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,583Aubrianne A. Rose, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $58Amanda Selman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleAmy Shihady, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleKristin B. Toney, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $130Kathryn J. Veyna, PA
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $27Nancy J. Walden, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,405Catherine R. Ware, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleDouglas L. Williamson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020MaleJennifer L. Zambo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $529Marya M. Bolyanatz, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17,043
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).