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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Santa Barbara, CA
CMS lists 42 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Santa Barbara. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 39. Offer telehealth: 21.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 93105 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $95, of which you pay about $24; a follow-up visit $77, of which you pay about $19 — 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.
William R. Gallivan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,291Alan P. Moelleken, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 74.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $617Amy M. Wickman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 73.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $774Christopher E. Birch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 72.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31,678Stuart R. Hutchinson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 70.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1974MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $162Christopher S. Proctor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65.2/100Graduated 1986 · Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86Eli S. Kupperman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 63.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $661Asher I. Kupperman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 63.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $295Amit D. Alexander Nathani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 46.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51,696Erin Haggerty, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 46.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $454Daniel Craviotto, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 29.6/100Graduated 1985 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $187Steven Hollstien, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 25.7/100Graduated 1991 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $397Michael J. Behrman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 21.7/100Graduated 1985 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $99Robert M. Ruth, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 21.7/100Graduated 1991 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $41Richard D. Kahmann, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 20.2/100Graduated 1982 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $22Adam W. Rives, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 17.3/100Graduated 2007 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Eric F. Shepherd, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 16.2/100Graduated 1997 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $489Matthew J. Harrison, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 2006 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $99Richard K. Ryu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1980 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $10,628Jervis Yau, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · New York Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $795James R. Bailey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School of MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18,318Corina C. Brown, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineFemaleChadler R. Burgoyne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,272Jessica A. Cohen-Brown, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · New York University Medical College - NLGFemaleAlex J. Doermann, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155William Dunbar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003MaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,140Sean D. Early, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $606John W. Gainor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1963 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityMaleChristian A. Guier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1982MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14Rivka Ihejirika Lomedico, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $71,068Sean K. Keem, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $565Michael F. Maguire, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $831Derek Moore, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Stanford University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52Steven W. Pearson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $41Scott Porter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $180Anthony C. Romero, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Richard D. Scheinberg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1975 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleDanielle Thomas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolFemaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $119James C. Zmolek, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $543Bryan Emmerson, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 31.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $878Graham R. Hurvitz, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 25/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,358Matthew A. Pifer, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 7.5/100Graduated 2008 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $47,523
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).