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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Wheat Ridge, CO
CMS lists 105 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Wheat Ridge. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 96. Offer telehealth: 28.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 80033 (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.
Molly Miller, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleChelseigh Newkerk
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.7/100Graduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40Wendy J. Dennis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95/100Graduated 2014FemaleArely Mendez Ponce, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,341Robin S. Veasman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86/100Graduated 2018FemaleDanait Abraha, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100Graduated 2021FemaleAllison L. Schlegel, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100Graduated 2022FemaleGemma B. Bartunek, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100Graduated 2013FemaleKelly M. Boughton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100Graduated 2016FemaleHannah J. Dangerfield, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100Graduated 2022FemaleBelinda M. Higa, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100Graduated 2003FemaleCristina Luna, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleKathryn L. McCarthy, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100Graduated 2005FemaleEmily L. Mendolla
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100Graduated 2022 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleStephanie R. Vela, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100Graduated 2021FemaleAlyssa C. Coleman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $488Paige E. Murphy-Floyd, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.1/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $709Jeff A. Foster, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 76.4/100Graduated 2019MaleShynia Litzau, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 64.7/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $260Caleb J. Towner, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 64.7/100Graduated 2023MaleHeide Alexander, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 45.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $220Mervi Buchler, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 45.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleTeresa J. Norris Peterson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 45.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $61Laura Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 45.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Wheat Ridge: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $419Jessica G. Viton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 45.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009FemaleCaitlin J. Wheatley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 45.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $91Taylor Bailey, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 2018 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineFemaleLanay P. Abogah, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleSofi M. Abraham, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $739Joanne Accardi, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleRachel Allen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineFemaleMary Elizabeth E. Allshouse, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, AuroraFemaleRina Laurene G. Bernardo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleJean M. Burnkrant, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleJacob T. Callahan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2025MaleMarye M. Catalano, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,226Elizabeth A. Cowan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,313Kari-Beth Davis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Jennifer K. Dean, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)FemaleAmy Diamond, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleAllyse Dowell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleLinda M. Duran
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleJulia Eckert
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleBrooke Edwards, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $528Beth A. Eldridge, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, AuroraFemaleCaitlin J. Endly, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleMackenzie A. Feehan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDebra A. Ferguson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverFemaleAmanda F. Forristal, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleJacob S. Gajewski, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $96Amelia A. Harris, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleKaci M. Hauck, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMegan F. Henderson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $560Deborah Herold, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Mary F. Holt-Caputo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleTwila Iten, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleLyric N. Jones, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleSylvia M. Jones, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleMegan C. Kautz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Erica K. Knowles, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleSelvi K. Kumar, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleTaylor Mallory, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleStefanie R. Maloney, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleChelsea L. McClung, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemalePatrick C. McGann, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025MaleJennifer T. Merten, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $84Miranda S. Neu, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $104Lindsey A. Noorlun, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Merrietta Novak, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleRebecca Oerter, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleMollie Oster, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $309Diana S. Pacheco, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31Amanda M. Paolucci, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleNatalie Ramos, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleGarrett Rasmussen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $113Kathryn A. Rayner, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleAlan R. Reed, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Michelle G. Rhodes, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $246Melissa J. Rice
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleErin Rogers, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleAmanda Roslyn, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleTheresa L. Sanders, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleSara Schmidt, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,767Emma Shepard, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleSamantha Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleChristina A. Stackhouse, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleNicole Stalter, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleChristine A. Stauffer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleKelly A. Stone, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Alyssa M. Thomas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $73Anne E. Torkelson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $479Jaina Vallarta, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Paula J. Vogel, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $176Lynn M. Vollero, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Colleen Waggoner, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $390Shannon L. Williamson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $100James Anderson, NP
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,873Mary F. Flores, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Kara Guglielmo, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $614Mary Beth Hutchinson, NP
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)Female
Showing the first 100 of 105 in this order.
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 Wheat Ridge
- Primary care doctors52
- Cardiologists21
- Dermatologists5
- Orthopedic surgeons9
- Neurologists15
- Ophthalmologists11
- Optometrists15
- Podiatrists15
- Urologists5
- Psychiatrists4
- Psychologists4
- Therapists and counselors137
- Physical therapists59
- Occupational therapists14
- Speech therapists8
- Chiropractors6
- Gynecologists5
- Vascular surgeons5
- Neurosurgeons7
- Infectious disease doctors10
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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).