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Neurologists who accept Medicare in Walnut Creek, CA
CMS lists 42 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Walnut Creek. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 36. Offer telehealth: 20.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 94598 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $154, of which you pay about $38; a follow-up visit $119, of which you pay about $30 — 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.
Kai C. Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,080Caroline A. Perry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $726Negar Sodeifi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1999FemaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $888Zachary A. Decant, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $864Robert C. Algar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.7/100Graduated 1999 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $929Christian Swinney, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.5/100Graduated 2017MaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $101Deepmala Nandanwar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,041Melissa A. Lehmer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $889Tanya Gupta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100Graduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $148Jason L. Massa, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,074Chirag H. Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17,766Timothy Y. Wei, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1982MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $908Noor S. Sachdev, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $73,991Doris Chen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of Nevada School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $146Hiep Ngo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 2000 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,674Michelle L. Apperson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of MedicineFemaleJeffery D. Kennedy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleNorika O. Malhado-Chang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFemaleMorad Nasseri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 21.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · Oregon Health Sciences University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33,845Ahmad S. Ata, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989MaleGary A. Belaga, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1970 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,192Joanna V. Dearlove, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Stanford University School of MedicineFemaleSamuel Gamsky, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Oakland Univ, William Beaumont School of MedicineMaleSharon S. Gandhi, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleLaura M. Greenwood, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo MedFemaleHarjot K. Hansra, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineFemaleSeyedali Hejazi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleBahram Hormozdi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $435Jenna R. Kanter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · University of Michigan Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Sara Khorasani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemalePatsorn Laikijrung, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $162Patricia S. Maska, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $847Addason F. McCaslin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleAkshaya Prabhakaran Sudha, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleKevin S. Sawchuk, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleSteven M. Schadendorf, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,056Kasra Sarhadi, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.3/100Graduated 2020 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 2Oana V. Spataru, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.7/100Graduated 2002FemaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $248Belma Sadikovic, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $558Sandeep S. Walia, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.6/100Graduated 2015 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 2Sonja M. Darwish, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019 · Drexel University College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $195Courtney E. Takahashi, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleOther offices in Walnut Creek: 2
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).