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Dermatologists who accept Medicare in Torrance, CA
CMS lists 48 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Torrance. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 47. Offer telehealth: 13.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 90505 (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.
Gary S. Chuang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2005 · Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $102Debra B. Luftman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1987 · Tufts University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $454Brent C. Martin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2015 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,538Lisa K. Chipps, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $694Edgar Fincher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1997MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $621Julia M. Kwan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · New York University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,050Amber A. Kyle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1999 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Torrance: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $286Lauren Moy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,959Roy B. Blumenstrauch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $317Patricia A. Cavender, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.3/100Graduated 1982 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,561Nicole F. Salame, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.6/100Graduated 2019 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,660Divya Shokeen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.6/100Graduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,281Andrew D. Breithaupt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 2010 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Torrance: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $678Melissa M. Camouse, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 2002 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $159Malcolm S. Ke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 1999 · Chicago College of Medicine and SurgeryMaleSophia K. Sandhu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100Graduated 2014 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolFemaleOther offices in Torrance: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $190Soraya Azzawi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · Harvard Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $110Vanessa R. Holland, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $162Michael O. Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $706Anabella 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 MedicineMaleWilliam R. Zhang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $355Albert S. Antonyan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.2/100Graduated 2014 · Wayne State University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,062Michael Kassardjian, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.2/100Graduated 2010 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $305Young J. Kwak, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.2/100Graduated 2013 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $927Divya Sachdev, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.2/100Graduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,302Consuelo Veronica V. David, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,856Julie K. Iwasaki, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,712Takako G. Iwasaki, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1985 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Torrance: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $400Vernon R. Wilson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1982 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $569Meiling L. Yuen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 38.5/100Graduated 1983 · New York University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $121Merrick Brodsky, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Un of California, Irvine, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,759Michelle W. Cheng, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Torrance: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $117Jonathan A. Cotliar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleNoah A. Craft, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $146Melissa Danesh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineFemaleShirlene Jay, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · University of Vermont College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Torrance: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $859Michael Z. Kasperkiewicz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $295Alexandra R. Kivnick, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $460Hala Koudsi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1973FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,314William W. Kwan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,231Peterson Pierre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Stanford University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Torrance: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,893Elana S. Putterman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $550Ramin Ram, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleOther offices in Torrance: 1Elizabeth Wachsman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $140Richard A. Yamamoto, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $80Jason J. Yang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,117Sherri Peace, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100Graduated 1990 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,871
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).