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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Whittier, CA
CMS lists 80 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Whittier. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 72. Offer telehealth: 20.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 90602 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $96, of which you pay about $24; a follow-up visit $110, of which you pay about $27 — 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.
Lily Zhong, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 2018FemaleGrammy Huayhua, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14Razan Alawadhi, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.2/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18,243Amber C. Brown, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2015FemaleKristine N. Castaneda, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Kyung Cho, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2021FemaleRossana A. Embrador, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $89Joseph C. Fernandez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2016MaleChristine S. Hong, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2022FemalePriya S. King, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2020FemaleRebecca Knight, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $68Haley A. Knutson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Gisselle Lara, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $78Michelle K. Le, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,851Rosemary R. Melesko, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,483Marissa J. Nelson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Carol T. Ow, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,749Melissa M. Radcliff, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleJennie L. Ruiz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleMadalyn M. Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2022MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $528Elizabeth C. Still, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Sonali M. Thakore, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,980Nhordia Torres, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleMirna Tovalin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $264Lincoln K. Vu, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2018MaleYuan Zhao
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,485Desirae A. Mutuc, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2017FemaleMariel Alvarez Garcia, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleCharizz Ann D. Bonilla, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleEvelyn Bosley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155Bryan W. Bowman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleMari A. Carranza, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $166Katharine M. Carrasco, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleKeith Carrillo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleRolando Castillo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleTiffany M. Chung, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $358Robin Circo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleCharienez S. Cruz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleKatherine Curran, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31Stephanie D. Deslate, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 3Enrico Estrella, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Joan A. Filoteo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $81Kari A. Heil, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Jennifer A. Higueros, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Akilah F. Hinson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020Other offices in Whittier: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,206Maria Isabel Ibardolaza, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 3Vincent M. Jimena, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $113Nancy Jou, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleAimee C. Lee, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $906Aimee B. Nguyendinh, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleJacqueline Osegueda Cuevas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $225Nimishaben Patel, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $240Alejandro J. Perez-Sandi, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleRandy F. Quedit, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleJasmine Querubin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $166Akif Rahman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleAlisha C. Ruiz
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Kristen Sanchez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Carolina Sciambia, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleAtherine D. Shackelford, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Bo Kyung Sul, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $786Haidee J. Tabanao, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $778Marileth Tan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $61Aida B. Tapia, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Teresa A. Tincopa, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $627Rose M. Vargas
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleMichelle L. Vickers, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleJanelle Z. Vidal Bogdanovic, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Esther Wang, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,376Elke L. Wurzbach, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $29Lisa Yaing, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDavid K. Yoo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleIvy Abraham, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $159Esther A. Bowuo, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleParwinder K. Dhillon, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $993Mary Grace J. Espinosa, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Whittier: 1Brenda Gomez, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $284Owen Liao, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,635Naomi L. Sherman
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $150Rosie Vasquez, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19
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 Whittier
- Primary care doctors181
- Cardiologists19
- Dermatologists6
- Orthopedic surgeons10
- Neurologists9
- Gastroenterologists11
- Ophthalmologists15
- Optometrists34
- Podiatrists5
- Urologists10
- Pulmonologists10
- Nephrologists10
- Rheumatologists5
- ENT doctors4
- Oncologists8
- Psychiatrists17
- Psychologists15
- Therapists and counselors18
- Physical therapists13
- Chiropractors15
- Gynecologists19
- General surgeons17
- Pain management doctors3
- Infectious disease doctors5
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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).