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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Gainesville, FL
CMS lists 17 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Gainesville. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 14. Offer telehealth: 14.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 32610 (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.
Thomas E. Lafferty, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.1/100Graduated 1991 · Temple University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $393Stephanie F. Ingram, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100Graduated 2007 · University of South Florida College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Miguel E. Rodriguez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $224Diala Alawneh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 47.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Gainesville: 12Blas Y. Betancourt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 47.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995MaleOther offices in Gainesville: 12Michael R. Bubb, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 47.5/100Graduated 1985 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 9Drug and device company payments (2025): $6,464Elizabeth K. Chu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 47.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,773Paulette Hahn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 47.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityFemaleOther offices in Gainesville: 9Wesley Reeves
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 47.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1979 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 9Eric Sobel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 47.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 9Roland Staud, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 47.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1972MaleOther offices in Gainesville: 9Drug and device company payments (2025): $8,854Omar A. Tolaymat, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 47.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Florida International Univ, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $288Sewar H. Abuarqob
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Gainesville: 12Dina Hammad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleOther offices in Gainesville: 9Donald W. Scott, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $48Meghavi S. Kosboth, DO
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48Michael B. Rozboril, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1977 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48
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).