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Pulmonologists who accept Medicare in Lakewood, CO
CMS lists 25 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Lakewood. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 25. Offer telehealth: 13.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 80228 (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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100Graduated 2018 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, AuroraFemaleAlexander Benson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.3/100Graduated 2004 · Oregon Health Sciences University School of MedicineMaleBrendan Clark, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $108Andrea Mytinger, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental MedFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51Eric M. Stramel, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Julianna M. Sutarik, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.3/100Graduated 1989 · University of Washington School of MedicineFemaleMegan Watson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.3/100Graduated 2018 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)FemaleTimothy J. Bedient, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2005 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $79Yogesh Shrestha, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 23.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $479Santosh Dhungana, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 22.7/100Graduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $789Jason Biehl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $182Rachel Black, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,506Amelia L. Bowman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $45Heloisa Decarvalho, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Boston University School of MedicineFemaleDheeraj Dhotre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $813Toni-Denise Espina, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleMargaret A. Hay, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Ohio State University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $152Robert Hiensch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30Aaron Jaffe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $190Sean Kalra, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, AuroraMaleCatherine Kim, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleAkhilesh Mahajan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleKatie McPherson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleJennifer Prevot, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · Florida Atlantic University, College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Joyce C. Zhou, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Harvard Medical SchoolFemale
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).