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ENT doctors who accept Medicare in Athens, GA
CMS lists 12 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Athens. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 12. Offer telehealth: 3.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 30601 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $83, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $67, of which you pay about $17 — 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.
Clinton A. Ashford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.2/100Graduated 2009 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $151Sarah E. Bailey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100Graduated 2009 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Athens: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $73David G. Dillard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100Graduated 1988 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,453Christian H. Barnes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2013 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $305Elizabeth H. Katz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $358Blake Kimbrell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $400Charles M. Mixson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2006 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $437Byron K. Norris, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2012 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $344John R. Simpson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 1983 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleAlexander W. Murphey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $99Jacline G. Phillips, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $177James D. Sullivan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $284
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).