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Cardiologists who accept Medicare in Aventura, FL
CMS lists 39 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Aventura. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 39. Offer telehealth: 15.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 33180 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $142, of which you pay about $35; a follow-up visit $107, of which you pay about $27 — 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.
Henry Cusnir, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1993MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,842Tarec Elajami, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,402Esteban Escolar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 1993MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $187Todd Heimowitz, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,667Jose R. Sleiman Morales, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17,843Pranav Venkataraman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $628Jorge Betancor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,845Shaun D. Smithson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.4/100Graduated 2009 · Howard University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,359Abdul-Rahman M. Jaraki, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1981MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $468Nouri Nass, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1987MaleLeonard J. Pianko, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1987MaleOther offices in Aventura: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,961Kenneth M. Zide, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2002 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,231Alan Ackermann, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $319Alian Aguila, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleLuis Arcay Montagne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,355Ivan L. Ayala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $132Ali A. Bazzi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,013Nusen Beer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1966MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $460Daniel A. Benhayon Lanes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16,560Michael J. Braun, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991 · Temple University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $161Juan Carlos Brenes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999MaleEugenio Bricio, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86Henry Brik, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1971MaleRavikanth Chiravuri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $933John Cogan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,881Luis F. Correa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,656Anand Desai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleTodd J. Florin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988MaleOther offices in Aventura: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,583Nana Gegechkori, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,823Houman Khalili, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $12,546Adam C. Nader, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · Howard University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $593Juan Pastor Cervantes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33,096Wayne Pollak, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleOther offices in Aventura: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $86Lawrence M. Reiss, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1977 · State University of New York Downstate Medical CenterMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14Alvaro F. Vargas Pelaez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineMaleHoracio M. Vassolo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986MaleJuan C. Velasquez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleOther offices in Aventura: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $969Juan M. Vinardell Lorenzo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $268Vincent Wong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $747
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 Aventura
- Primary care doctors141
- Nurse practitioners123
- Dermatologists24
- Orthopedic surgeons12
- Neurologists17
- Gastroenterologists10
- Ophthalmologists16
- Optometrists8
- Podiatrists8
- Urologists16
- Pulmonologists12
- Nephrologists3
- Endocrinologists3
- Rheumatologists8
- ENT doctors12
- Oncologists5
- Psychiatrists10
- Psychologists11
- Therapists and counselors18
- Physical therapists38
- Occupational therapists18
- Speech therapists3
- Chiropractors6
- Gynecologists21
- General surgeons20
- Vascular surgeons7
- Pain management doctors11
- Physiatrists4
- Allergists9
- Dietitians4
- Neurosurgeons4
- Infectious disease doctors6
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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).