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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Golden, CO
CMS lists 36 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Golden. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 32. Offer telehealth: 16.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 80401 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $89, of which you pay about $22; 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.
Mary K. Peiffer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $223Sarah M. Robbins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $117Hollie Brieske, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Golden: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $240Julianne Johnson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $116Kasandra N. Strong, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $205Arely Mendez Ponce, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,341Qing Xu, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.7/100Graduated 2021 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Kimberly F. Riemer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.7/100Graduated 1999FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $992Barbara J. Cain, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2019FemaleSara E. Buros, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 60.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Golden: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $20Jillian Eaton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 60.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $853Sofi M. Abraham, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $739Rachel A. Archer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,313Rose A. Bernal-Barrera, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Golden: 1Paige L. Brooks, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23Vanessa S. Burnham, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleMadeleine R. Cox, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleBeth A. Eldridge, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, AuroraFemaleDeirdre B. Fraller, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $57Cassey Garcia, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Erin Hameroff, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $410Richard W. Hammack, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleAllison Klein, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $67Victoria Krohn, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $27Jamieson M. Lehto, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleKathleen M. May, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994FemaleCynthia M. Mrla, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleShannon Mungovan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $120Phillis J. Rutt, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $904Melissa Shockey, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Golden: 2Jennifer E. Skalla, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $192Rachel Underwood, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $152Linda L. Couger, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleOther offices in Golden: 1Roberto A. Gutierrez, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025MaleSarah Kuettel, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleCaroline Nguyen, NP
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141
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 Golden
- Primary care doctors43
- Cardiologists28
- Dermatologists4
- Orthopedic surgeons38
- Neurologists6
- Optometrists10
- ENT doctors3
- Therapists and counselors20
- Physical therapists78
- Occupational therapists9
- Audiologists3
- Chiropractors24
- Gynecologists5
- General surgeons10
- Physiatrists9
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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).