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Chiropractors who accept Medicare in Athens, GA
CMS lists 14 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Athens. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 5. Offer telehealth: 0.
Medicare Part B covers chiropractic care only for manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation; other services and tests a chiropractor orders are not covered.
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Order: clinicians who accept assignment first, then by MIPS score (highest first), then by last name.
Randall J. Dishaw, CH
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · Life Chiropractic CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19Brandi Erickson, CH
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Sherman College of Straight ChiropracticFemaleJay M. Erickson, CH
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Sherman College of Straight ChiropracticMaleJoel T. Groft, DC
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Western States College of ChiropracticMaleOther offices in Athens: 1Steven M. Thacker, CH
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Life Chiropractic CollegeMaleEvan Greller
May accept assignmentGraduated 1996 · Logan College of ChiropracticMaleMeredith M. Harrison-Spears, DC
May accept assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleJames B. Hitchcock, CH
May accept assignmentGraduated 1978 · Life Chiropractic College - WestMaleMichael I. Huppert, DC
May accept assignmentGraduated 1989 · Life Chiropractic College - WestMaleAllison Kennamer
May accept assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleMeg A. Lawson, CH
May accept assignmentGraduated 1994 · Life Chiropractic CollegeFemaleAlexis V. Petry, DC
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023 · Life Chiropractic CollegeFemaleAnthony Simpson
May accept assignmentGraduated 1993 · Life Chiropractic CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $60Audrey M. Vanpelt, CH
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019 · Life Chiropractic CollegeFemale
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).