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Cardiologists who accept Medicare in Athens, GA
CMS lists 26 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Athens. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 26. Offer telehealth: 6.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 30606 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $124, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $95, of which you pay about $24 — 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.
Matthew Crim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2011 · Baltimore Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $158Jared T. Griffis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 1999 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $704Parker C. Grow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2001 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $939Krupal J. Hari
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2017 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $499Benjamin H. Holland, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2005 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,492Paul Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2008 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $293Catherine N. Marti, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Mercer University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52,995Kent R. Nilsson Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $42,488Jonathan M. Patton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $339Ferdos K. Pohlel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2001 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $772Antonio Sotolongo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,238Erick Avelar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1992MaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $788Clay H. Chappell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2004 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Athens: 1James L. Dowling, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2012 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $745Lyn S. Lowman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Athens: 1Charles B. Neckman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1981 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleHiren Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $55Amit Shah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1999 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Athens: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $225Patrick D. Willis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2004 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Athens: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,617Subodh K. Agrawal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,017Roop K. Dutta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,271Robert Glover, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · Meharry Medical College School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $59Pallavi Luthra, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $785Vincent J. Maffei, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17John R. Morsek, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Medical College of OhioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $745Harvey G. Ouzts, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1971 · Medical College of Georgia 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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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).