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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Athens, GA
CMS lists 28 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Athens. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 28. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 30606 (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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2013 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $319Robert E. Hancock, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 1989 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50Elliot A. Nacke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2008 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $305Jonathan H. Payne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $456Stephen D. White, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2012 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $113Robert G. Willson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2011 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,438David M. Woodbury, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 1994 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,763William B. Ashford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $26,947Clayton Wing, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100Graduated 2019 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $289Craig Akoh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.6/100Graduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,471John R. Dorris, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1992 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Mason N. Florence, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2007 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $89Joseph T. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1996 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Stephen Johnson, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2003 · Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School of MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $46David I. Katz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2005 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleOrmonde M. Mahoney, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1983 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,862,581Julian P. Price Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2005 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $110,218Bradley C. Register, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2004 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17David S. Ryan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2006 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,590Michael S. Shuler, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2002 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $12,573William C. Tally, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $113,617Logan K. Fields, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30Christopher L. Gaunder, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $6,076Alexander Graf, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $546Paul A. Henkel, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Carolinas CampusMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,738Randy C. Lavender Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $140Eric Vaillant, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $157Everett G. Young, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · North Carolina Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,181
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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- Physical therapists49
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- Pain management doctors4
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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).