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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Visalia, CA
CMS lists 142 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Visalia. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 117. Offer telehealth: 40.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 93291 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $90, of which you pay about $23; a follow-up visit $103, 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.
Melissa D. Gerardo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98/100Graduated 2019FemaleFrances Anne A. White, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98/100Graduated 2012FemaleMadeline A. Ota, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 2019FemaleChonny Anderson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,756Edgar A. Botello, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,233San Juanita B. Castellano, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Janice D. Franks, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 2004 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $96Julieann Gonzales, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $53Teresa C. Simas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $849Andrea G. Van Beek, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $620Clarissa Alvarado, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $924Melissa K. Manriques, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100Graduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $939Amal A. Muthana
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,294Vincent Tyson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.8/100Graduated 2013MaleKatelyn L. Williams, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93/100Graduated 2021FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $845Chelsea Flowe, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,253Katherine L. Kimbro, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $41Jennifer L. Lallo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100Graduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Marwan Maalouf, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100Graduated 2017MaleCharles Morales, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,287Jeffrey Hale, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.7/100Graduated 2021 · University of Utah School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,944Daryl Gene N. Magada, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100Graduated 2022FemaleCori J. Haynes, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 74.3/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,581Gregory M. Chernekoff, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 55.8/100Graduated 2008MaleShawn F. Cardoza, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 45.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,438Marc T. Sizemore, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 23.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $267Jarod Williams, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 22.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,665Michael P. Hultin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 22.5/100Graduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $546Femi B. Obanor, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 22.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $240Brian L. Brown, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 18.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,050Stefanie S. Absher, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Patricia Alvarez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,088Miguel E. Alvidrez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,205Melisa Arreguin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $252Deura Avila, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52Kerrie Beyer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleSandeep K. Bhangoo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,243Anthony D. Boxrud, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleKalynne Boyles, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $437Sarah M. Briggs, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $336Paul I. Campos, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $766Dorothy O. Chudi-Agbaku, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $32Amalia Coronado, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleValerie J. Corvera, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $215Ashley K. Davis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $24Cathy L. Eckert Juarez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $94Wendy Edmond, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Bradley C. Ely, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $640Amy E. Fide, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,494Smitha Fleviya, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleJoanne Galindo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,402Catherine L. Glasgow, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,256Megan M. Goddard
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleMarco A. Gonzalez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,248Roberta Gordin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleAbel F. Gutierrez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,868Karla G. Gutierrez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $130Maria A. Gutierrez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,169Cretia R. Guzman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Navdeep K. Heera, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $484Lisa Higgins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $56,789Vannessa M. Hill, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $503Tammie M. Hoffman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Zakary J. Holland, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleOther offices in Visalia: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $31Ofhelia Iraola, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleMelissa Jimenez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,837Stephanie Jimenez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,041Monica M. Joosten
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $866Farnoush Karimpour, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · East Tennessee State University Quillen College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $633Gurdeep Kaur, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $72Sukhpreet Kaur
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $546Andrew Kim, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $664Tisha Klingenberg, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,541Jon Knudsen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $313Roshma Kunwar Kc, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $95Alfredo I. Lopez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $855Kimberly Lourenco, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,062Eugenia Magahis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $202Anna Marquez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $255Erin I. Marquez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,738Korinna E. Martins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $68April D. Matthews, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,640Nicole M. McDonald, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $75Omar E. Mejia
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $250Sharon R. Miller, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $24Yeni C. Moreno Smiley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleAbbey Morren, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,244Sandra Navarro-Gonzalez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $378Jennifer D. Nelsen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $292April L. Ortiz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $309Maria D. Ortiz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $291Amanda M. Pacillas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $60Norma I. Palacin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $94Robin E. Pendleton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleOlga L. Perez-Rodriguez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1Jamie A. Redondo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDennis M. Redubla, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,074Devin Rhyman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,021Donna M. Rosario, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleEevai Saesee, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Visalia: 1
Showing the first 100 of 142 in this order.
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.
Other specialists in Visalia
- Primary care doctors148
- Cardiologists16
- Dermatologists8
- Orthopedic surgeons13
- Neurologists12
- Gastroenterologists5
- Ophthalmologists12
- Optometrists15
- Podiatrists11
- Urologists8
- Pulmonologists5
- Nephrologists10
- ENT doctors4
- Oncologists6
- Psychiatrists26
- Psychologists14
- Therapists and counselors57
- Physical therapists34
- Occupational therapists3
- Audiologists3
- Chiropractors11
- Gynecologists13
- General surgeons23
- Vascular surgeons5
- Pain management doctors3
- Physiatrists5
- Neurosurgeons9
Other care in Visalia
Hospitals · Nursing homes · Dialysis centers · Home health agencies · Hospices
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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).