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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Forsyth, GA
CMS lists 12 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Forsyth. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 11. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 31029 (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.
Andel A. Higgins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2018MaleAinny Shamim
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2006FemaleDwayne Watkins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.5/100Graduated 2000 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleJeffrey W. Langford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2002 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Forsyth: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,846Craig Caldwell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1977 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $216Laurie E. Cochran, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Mercer University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $992Allen G. Garrison, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995MaleJeremy T. Goodwin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $64Shama Khan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14Wesley A. Ridley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $92James C. Thigpen Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleClark Hall
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023MaleOther offices in Forsyth: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $198
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).