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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Fort Lauderdale, FL
CMS lists 34 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Fort Lauderdale. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 26. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 33316 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $92, of which you pay about $23; a follow-up visit $73, of which you pay about $18 — 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.
Eli Avisar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990MaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,584Steven E. Rodgers, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 1999 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Danny Sleeman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981MaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $17Ryan Faught, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100Graduated 2014 · Drexel University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,883Ron Arison, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1975MaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $123Ralph Guarneri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1985 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14,727Nicholas Tranakas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1987 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $478Francisco G. Bermudez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986MaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $614Jessica Burgers, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Ohio State University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $415Michael P. Choi, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $375Galal H. Elgazzaz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989MalePedro J. Gonzalez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $196Randy S. Kimmelman, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Rowan University School of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $11,939Gary Lehr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $68Ronald E. Moore, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $5,426Clark R. Murray, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,958Chad J. Nadler, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $479Alexander G. Parr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Ponce School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $519Michael W. Parra, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993MaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,047Michael A. Perez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Rush Medical College of Rush UniversityMaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 17Drug and device company payments (2025): $133Aaron Pinnola, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $83Ivan Puente, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $210Camil N. Sader, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,203Ryan H. Sobel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleRonald L. Stricoff, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $351Chi Zhang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · University of Florida College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $336John M. Abbensetts, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1995 · Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,198John D. Berne, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1991 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 2Timothy J. Dickhudt, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2012 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $380Daniel A. Garcia, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2016MaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $933Eric S. Johnson, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 2012 · Nova Southeastern Univ College of Dental MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,398Jose S. Lozada, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2010 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleOther offices in Fort Lauderdale: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,537Igor Nichiporenko, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2005MaleGeorges Tahhan, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Vermont College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $429
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).