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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Aurora, CO
CMS lists 24 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Aurora. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. Offer telehealth: 15.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 80045 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $133, of which you pay about $33; a follow-up visit $102, 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.
Hunter H. Stone, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleOther offices in Aurora: 1Lisa L. Korn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.4/100Graduated 2007FemaleOther offices in Aurora: 1Liron Caplan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleJulia M. Chernis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleOther offices in Aurora: 1Kevin Deane, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,623Mary K. Demoruelle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Aurora: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $10,974Melissa R. Griffith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Aurora: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $268Anna Jonsson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Washington University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Aurora: 1Liudmila Kastsianok, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,992Jason R. Kolfenbach, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleNicholas D. Kortan, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007MaleOther offices in Aurora: 1Kristine A. Kuhn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $11,751Samuel Lazaroff, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Aurora: 1Daniele Marcy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, AuroraFemaleOther offices in Aurora: 1Katharine F. Moore, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Emory University School of MedicineFemaleLarry W. Moreland, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983 · West Virginia University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $13,488Anne Murphy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Aurora: 1Katherine D. Nowicki, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineFemaleChristopher C. Striebich, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleGabriel W. Tarshish, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleSteven Taylor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · University of Arizona College of MedicineMaleElena M. Weinstein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Aurora: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $270Sterling West, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1976 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleJoann L. Zell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolFemaleOther offices in Aurora: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $130
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).