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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Lakewood, CO
CMS lists 21 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Lakewood. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 20. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 80228 (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.
David D. Beck, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 1999 · University of North Dakota School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $265Jeffrey S. Cross, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985 · Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthMaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $354Richard G. Lovato, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 1994 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $302Melody A. Paulishak, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 2000FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $93Jessica Babcock, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 54.5/100Graduated 2010 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportFemaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $52Gretchen M. Ahrendt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $431Brian P. Blackwood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,558Joseph Cocco, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $360Jun Elegino, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Benjamin Franklin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Reynold Henry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Robert Hoffman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,495Narong Kulvatunyou, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994MaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Shyanie J. Kumar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $26Claire Lauer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,913Mark E. McMellen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,686Lacey McMillan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Lane Mellor, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Gregg Nishi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · George Washington University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $47Victoria Sharp, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Lincoln Mem Univ, Debusk Col of Osteopathic MedFemaleOther offices in Lakewood: 1Bryan E. Levy, DO
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123
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 doctors148
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- Nurse practitioners249
- Cardiologists8
- Dermatologists12
- Orthopedic surgeons3
- Neurologists10
- Gastroenterologists9
- Ophthalmologists25
- Optometrists47
- Podiatrists4
- Urologists13
- Pulmonologists25
- ENT doctors7
- Oncologists12
- Psychiatrists20
- Psychologists18
- Therapists and counselors128
- Physical therapists49
- Occupational therapists18
- Speech therapists15
- Audiologists20
- Chiropractors17
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- Physiatrists4
- Allergists11
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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).