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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Columbus, GA
CMS lists 31 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Columbus. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 31. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 31909 (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.
Douglas W. Pahl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Meharry Medical College School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $10,711James McGrory, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 1994 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Patrick J. Fernicola, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.4/100Graduated 1989 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,930Randall J. Ruark, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 2007 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,257John D. Dorchak, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 77.9/100Graduated 1984 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,059,837David M. Gloystein
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 77.9/100Graduated 2003 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $12,732L Erik Westerlund
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 76.8/100Graduated 1995 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16,615Jason Heaton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 76.6/100Graduated 2006 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 1David C. Rehak, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 76.4/100Graduated 1984 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $381Dustin P. Gay, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 76.2/100Graduated 2005 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleBenjamin Watson, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 76.1/100Graduated 2010MaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $11,015Sean A. Blake, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2007 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $41George M. McCluskey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1984 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $285Luther H. Wolff III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1999 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $162Ryan M. Geringer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 74.5/100Graduated 2003MaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $810David H. Macdonald, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 73.6/100Graduated 2001 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleMaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,399Gilberto L. Gomez, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 71.8/100Graduated 2016 · Philadelphia Col of Osteo Med, SewaneeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14,852Garland K. Gudger Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 71.2/100Graduated 2011 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $476Matthew G. Stewart, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 70.1/100Graduated 2011MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $148Jeremy H. Richter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 62.3/100Graduated 2001 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $363David P. Antekeier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $983Jacob G. Dunn, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,486Justin Fernicola, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $127John Floyd, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $710Robert M. Harris, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · University of Virginia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $322William H. Leatherwood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16,926Leland C. McCluskey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $497Alfred Ricci, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $13,468Cameron Slane, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $11,508Aniefiok Uyoe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Michigan State University College of Human MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $266Bruce Ziran, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $833,621
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).