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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Lakeland, FL
CMS lists 30 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Lakeland. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 29. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 33805 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $88, of which you pay about $22; a follow-up visit $70, 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.
Stuart D. Patterson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.2/100Graduated 1981MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,335Olukemi Fajolu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Lakeland: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $569Prashant J. Desai, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 1999 · Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $759Douglas A. Shenkman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 1995 · Tufts University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,125Phuc Vo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 1986 · University of Florida College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lakeland: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,531Marc A. Volpe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 1993 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lakeland: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $659Laurence H. Brenner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.1/100Graduated 1981 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lakeland: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,048Timothy J. Evans, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.1/100Graduated 2015 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lakeland: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $916Renee C. Genova, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.1/100Graduated 2012 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Lakeland: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $351Mario A. John, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.1/100Graduated 2004MaleOther offices in Lakeland: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,507Peter Kazmier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.1/100Graduated 2000MaleOther offices in Lakeland: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $203Eric Wicks, DC
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.1/100Graduated 2012 · Northeastern Ohio University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,827Heather Wortham, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.1/100Graduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Lakeland: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $482Anthony P. Cucchi, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2002 · Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $116,943Chukwuka C. Okafor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2004 · Boston University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $56,841Larry R. Padgett Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1992 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lakeland: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $892Devin W. Collins, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,199Joseph A. Dalonzo Jr., DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,219Colby Fagin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolMaleBrett Fink, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989 · Washington University School of MedicineMaleChristopher D. Flanagan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · University of Chicago, Pritzker School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lakeland: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,695Imran Gruhonjic, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Philadelphia Col of Osteo Med, SewaneeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,430Georges Haidamous, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,114Rachel Lefebvre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $44Joshua D. Linnell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lakeland: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $696German Marulanda, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,165Anne M. Meo, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of TechnologyFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $723Alex E. Mierke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,766Cassandra Ricketts, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Utah School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Lakeland: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,514Brian Jurbala, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1994 · Temple University School of MedicineMale
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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- Nephrologists8
- Endocrinologists6
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- Allergists3
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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).