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Dermatologists who accept Medicare in Santa Monica, CA
CMS lists 68 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Santa Monica. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 66. Offer telehealth: 31.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 90404 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $96, of which you pay about $24; a follow-up visit $78, 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.
Richard G. Bennett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1970 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43Dana G. Holcomb, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1985FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $36Sagar P. Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2020 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $162Elisabeth K. Shim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1994 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43Parrish Sadeghi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98/100Graduated 1999 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $533Jeena K. Sandhu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98/100Graduated 2019 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $756Andrea J. Borba, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.2/100Graduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $32Dina F. Bierman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.4/100Graduated 2011 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $35Joseph E. Zikry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.4/100Graduated 2017 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,323Mary L. Amerian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1979 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $473Kyle Cheng, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,118Jonathan M. Fisher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43Carolyn Goh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · JS Weill Medical College, Cornell UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24,524Mengjun Hu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityFemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Diana B. Kneiber, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineFemaleLarissa N. Larsen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $19Emily Newsom, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2011 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleKhoa B. Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020 · University of Florida College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $497Michael O. Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $706Caroline N. Opene, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,265Anabella Pascucci, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineFemaleViraat M. Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleChristine Y. Wong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2019 · University of Washington School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $117Paulina M. Young, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleSoraya Azzawi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · Harvard Medical SchoolFemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $110Laura L. Bernet, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $138David P. Beynet, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2004 · Stanford University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $139Carol E. Cheng, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2011 · Boston University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $240Mehdi Farshchian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006MaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,173Delila P. Foulad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $26Marcia Hogeling, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 1999FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $664Vanessa R. Holland, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $162Jenny J. Kim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Lawrence F. Kuklinski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,429Nima Milani-Nejad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $302Lina Saeed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,113Teresa T. Soriano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Ritu S. Batra, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 2000 · Harvard Medical SchoolFemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,345Daniel Behroozan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100Graduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,857Lubomira Scherschun, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100Graduated 1998 · Wayne State University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $140Gregory J. Colman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1973 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $161Jason R. Litak, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $905Ralph A. Massey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37,115Lauren L. Reager, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1964 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $646Adriana N. Schmidt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2006 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $797Paul L. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1965 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $978Paul S. Yamauchi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1991 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $413,717Iris Z. Ahronowitz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $22April W. Armstrong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · Harvard Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $520,639Mohsen B. Baghchechi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Un of California, Riverside, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $176Kelly M. Bickle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $580Jonathan A. Cotliar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleLauren S. Cutler, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $716Jayden M. Galamgam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $412Joshua Hekmatjah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Western Michigan Un Homer Stryker School of MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,911Namita Jain, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 1Michael Z. Kasperkiewicz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004MaleOther offices in Santa Monica: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $295Tanya Kormeili, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $325Vivian Liu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Wayne State University School of MedicineFemaleSandra R. Oska, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Oakland Univ, William Beaumont School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,874Jodie S. Raffi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020 · California University of Science and MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,614Ava T. Shamban, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $11,581Tiffany J. Sierro, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,089Soheil Simzar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $169Diana G. Wang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30Jessica Wu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $274Quynhtrang L. Sebastian, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 1996 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $377Delphine J. Lee, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2001 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15
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).