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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in DeFuniak Springs, FL
CMS lists 15 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in DeFuniak Springs. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 15. Offer telehealth: 7.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 32435 (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.
James W. Howell, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1994 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $559Daisy-Scarlett Maccallum, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $683Samuel E. Ward, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.4/100Graduated 1993MaleCharlton E. Collie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011MaleFawzi Fawaz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1971MaleRuben Garcia
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Morehouse School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $400Kerrian Hazley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Connecticut School of MedicineFemaleNasser M. Kazmouz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $57Marcene F. Kreifels, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · Creighton University School of MedicineFemaleFaraz Masood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $127Meenalochani Narayanan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998FemaleAlexander Neiman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985MaleHuy Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · University of Chicago, Pritzker School of MedicineMaleElizabeth L. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Wayne State University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Jennifer V. Whitfield, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in DeFuniak Springs: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $362
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).