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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
CMS lists 5 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Palm Beach Gardens. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 4. Offer telehealth: 4.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 33418 (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.
Rui P. Cerejo, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · Mid West Medical CollegeMaleOther offices in Palm Beach Gardens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,191Paul D. Mendoza, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Palm Beach Gardens: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,079Steven E. Carsons, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100Graduated 1975 · New York University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $11,287Clifford Stermer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleOther offices in Palm Beach Gardens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $66,805Christopher Mecoli, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · Rutgers School of Dental MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,871
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).