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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Highlands Ranch, CO
CMS lists 14 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Highlands Ranch. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 14. Offer telehealth: 8.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 80129 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $89, of which you pay about $22; a follow-up visit $72, of which you pay about $18 — 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.
Bharat M. Desai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 1990 · Temple University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $398,019Michael B. Ellman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of Michigan Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50,859John M. Froelich, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 2006 · Southern Illinois Univ School of Dental MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51Michael A. Fuller, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $686Peter Gold, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,252Ronald Hugate Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $327Timothy J. Lehman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 1992 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $306Lonnie E. Loutzenhiser, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 2002 · Northeastern Ohio University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $67,939Roger E. Murken, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,158Joshua A. Shapiro, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, AuroraMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $333Todd F. Vanderheiden, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $766Todd M. Wente, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 2005 · Southern Illinois University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $502Douglas C. Wong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991 · University of Virginia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $382Daniel K. Moon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $793
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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- Primary care doctors60
- Nurse practitioners86
- Cardiologists12
- Gastroenterologists5
- Ophthalmologists4
- Optometrists66
- Nephrologists6
- ENT doctors4
- Psychiatrists8
- Psychologists3
- Therapists and counselors47
- Physical therapists90
- Occupational therapists10
- Audiologists4
- Chiropractors17
- Gynecologists3
- General surgeons5
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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).