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Pulmonologists who accept Medicare in Durango, CO
CMS lists 7 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Durango. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 7. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 81301 (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.
Remberto J. Bitar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.6/100Graduated 1987MaleRonald L. Rains, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.8/100Graduated 1984 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleErin M. Crowley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleSarah M. Alderman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983FemaleJuzar Ali, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1973MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15,373Gary S. Drizin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1977MaleChristopher Pugh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49
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).