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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Fort Myers, FL
CMS lists 8 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Fort Myers. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 7. Offer telehealth: 6.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 33912 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $136, of which you pay about $34; a follow-up visit $103, 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.
Edwin M. Aquino, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007MaleDavid R. Baldinger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,650Nevena Barjaktarovic, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleMelissa B. Blom, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,429Keshia C. Ferguson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024 · Baylor College of MedicineFemaleSampath Manickam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Fort Myers: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,825Vanessa Milan Ortiz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Sandra M. Lawrence, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1994FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $626
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).