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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Clearwater, FL
CMS lists 18 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Clearwater. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 18. Offer telehealth: 13.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 33763 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $130, of which you pay about $33; a follow-up visit $99, of which you pay about $25 — 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.
Antony G. Sankoorikal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1991 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,294Sari D. Edelman, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of TechnologyFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,248Adam M. Rosen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $42,940Eugenia R. Rullan-Bidot, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,024Howard M. Busch, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981 · New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of TechnologyMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48,283Robert W. Levin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1984 · Hahnemann University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86,344Linnette Lopez Lopez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2006 · Ponce School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,596Christine N. Savage, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $32,348Monica Aloman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,597Anastasiya Bagrova, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · University of Florida College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $806Michael C. Burnette, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,225Tiffany Laitano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,144Emmanuel Pardo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,021Abie A. Samuel, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,098William J. Shim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Joel C. Silverfield, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1976 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $208Maria Skopis, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $964Arnaldo Torres, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987 · University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21,342
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).