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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Columbus, GA
CMS lists 259 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Columbus. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 244. Offer telehealth: 40.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 31904 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $83, of which you pay about $21; 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.
Sherry L. Anderson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,781Sarah Jett
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $957Melissa Bailey
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2022FemaleMichelle K. Ernest
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $808Janet G. Fluker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2000FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $211Jennifer Herring, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $297Brandi M. Richards
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $414Chasity Searcy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2022 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityFemaleRachel Warburton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,632Victoria L. Wood, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Kelechi C. Ejimofor
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2015FemaleMisty Grove
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25Elizabeth Maimo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Suja P. Antony
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $447Benjamin T. Baldwin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2019MaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,202Mary Katherine Carpenter, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $882Sonie M. Clayton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2000 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,388Mae A. Dixon
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $201Alyssa M. Francisco, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,005Haley P. Hall, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,359Courtney C. Hawkins
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022 · Emory University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,191Lakesha W. High, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $563Tonya M. Hudson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 1997FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,579Maegan B. Huff
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Sandra K. Kelley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2000FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $288Lauren M. Kibby
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,582Tiara Lawson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Jamie B. Lewis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,401Jessi N. Lucas
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,085Allison R. Miller
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $124Deidre Mills
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,028Kristin Neely
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,317Chukwunonso C. Obijiofor, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2017MaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Rich H. Pak
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $637Lauren K. Perez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2014FemaleLisa M. Plock, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,006Stephanie Robertson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Anna M. Sanchez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33Jewell Scott
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Stephanie K. Stewart
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $751Chatora C. Tolbert Berry, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Tiffanie P. Turnage, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2022FemaleKatherine M. Vazquez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,896Desiree Wijnaldum
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $29Robbyn E. Ceasar, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,917Angela Cozart
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,520Raymond Mock, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88/100Graduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $443Linda Guevara De Rios, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $80Elizabeth D. Noland, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.8/100Graduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Joanne E. Mackin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100Graduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $985James McDonald, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100Graduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,143Geangina Day, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.1/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $154Teresa Davila, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2020FemaleJohn Buchanan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.2/100Graduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $339Victoria Broadhurst
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 70.4/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $77Ryan D. Steff
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 70.4/100Graduated 2011MaleDeryus Tillman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 70.4/100Graduated 2021MaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Carol A. Youngstrom
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 70.4/100Graduated 2013FemaleHarold Jackson Jr., NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 50.9/100Graduated 2014MaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $407Jeremy Allen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleJennifer J. Applewhite, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleLaurel Armstrong, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $980Nurat Aro-Lambo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · University of South Florida College of MedicineFemaleTravis J. Aultman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $386Ken Y. Avila, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Maxim Badea, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Kimberly Bagwell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $21Leigh A. Barbaree
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,311Jeffrey A. Barkhouse, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Chelsey P. Barrett
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $624Rebekah Begly, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemalePaige P. Bence, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $71Carrie H. Bennett, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $22Kimbley Bennett, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $208Tameika Bogan-Patterson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $426Muneerah Bonner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2025FemaleLeah Bowden
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,729Kayla D. Boyt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $41Rebecca Brantley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleAshley C. Brinkley, CNM
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $79Robert Brown, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40Takaya Brown
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $601Kela S. Bryant, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Tanesh L. Buckner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $26Yolanda L. Bunkley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Schvon Bussey, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $23Rena' L. Camon, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $741Da Monica A. Cannon, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,543Brooke J. Carter
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $67Sara Catrett, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $903Alexander R. Chavez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $251Brooke A. Chezem, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $748Nicklaus B. Childers, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleCrystal B. Claridy, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $14Funke S. Coker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50Anna Collins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $200Jenna R. Combs, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleKaylee Conner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19Christopher L. Cook, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Melanie Coyne, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $934
Showing the first 100 of 259 in this order.
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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- Primary care doctors175
- Cardiologists24
- Dermatologists7
- Orthopedic surgeons31
- Neurologists28
- Gastroenterologists10
- Ophthalmologists16
- Optometrists13
- Podiatrists9
- Urologists11
- Pulmonologists6
- Nephrologists13
- Endocrinologists8
- Rheumatologists3
- ENT doctors7
- Oncologists8
- Psychiatrists23
- Psychologists29
- Therapists and counselors57
- Physical therapists57
- Occupational therapists8
- Speech therapists9
- Audiologists7
- Chiropractors10
- Gynecologists40
- General surgeons25
- Vascular surgeons5
- Pain management doctors13
- Physiatrists3
- Allergists3
- Neurosurgeons6
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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).