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Nephrologists who accept Medicare in Augusta, GA
CMS lists 24 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Augusta. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. Offer telehealth: 3.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 30901 (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.
Sharica M. Brookins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Meharry Medical College School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $497Imran Y. Gani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2007MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $951Virin R. Ramoutar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2007MaleOther offices in Augusta: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $612Divya M. Akella, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $848Ryan J. Altenburg, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2009 · Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Mid Western UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $645Syed N. Babar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $662Barton C. Brezina, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1998 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,216Matthew J. Diamond, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2003 · R Franklin University of Med & Sci/chicago Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,636Harold Hubert
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2005MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $954Devesh Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2000MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $453James T. Stenard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,234Sajid Akhtar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3David E. Allen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3Shameem A. Beigh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,384Jorge O. Chabrier-Rosello, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleAbhinai K. Gupta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3Leighton R. James, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · University of Toronto, Faculty of MedicineMaleOther offices in Augusta: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $886Deepak Kadiyala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleLaura L. Mulloy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · Chicago College of OsteopathyFemaleOther offices in Augusta: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $740Sandeep A. Padala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,123Pairach Pintavorn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $18Robert J. Shay, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · University of Connecticut School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3Trevor W. Tobin, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $411Michael B. Whitlow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3
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).