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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Augusta, GA
CMS lists 15 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Augusta. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 14. Offer telehealth: 3.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 30912 (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.
Richard S. Field, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.7/100Graduated 1976 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,560Ian M. Ward, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,166Serene Francis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2005FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,978Laura D. Carbone, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 1989 · Medical College of WisconsinFemaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $918Rachel E. Elam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Augusta: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $855Alyce M. Oliver, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2002 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $274Elena Schiopu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 1997FemaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $42,500Hong Shi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 1995FemaleOther offices in Augusta: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $836Eric R. Tamesis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.5/100Graduated 1989MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,887Zachary L. Wolff, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,063Eunice Adu Dapaah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $84Naveeda T. Ahmed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,230Colton G. Hoffer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,377Noelle A. Rolle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleOther offices in Augusta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,438Lilian Vilar, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 2018 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineFemaleOther offices in Augusta: 1
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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- Podiatrists25
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- Nephrologists24
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- ENT doctors35
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- Psychologists25
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- Occupational therapists18
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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).