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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Gainesville, GA
CMS lists 28 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Gainesville. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 28. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 30501 (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.
Filippo C. Chillemi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2009MaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $78Mary Lynn Chillemi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2009FemaleGary Davis III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $249John L. Hemmer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1971 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleVamsi K. Kancherla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2011 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15,118Evgeny Krynetskiy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2006 · Drexel University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $240Thomas Neustein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2016 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30Ben N. Puckett Sr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2004 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $214John G. Vachtsevanos, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1997 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $132Alexander Christ, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.3/100Graduated 2019 · University of South Carolina School of Medicine, GreenvilleMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,325Derek R. Moore, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 1999 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $97Barry G. Munn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 1992 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $140David M. Woodbury, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100Graduated 1994 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,763Justin E. Barrett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2012 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,820Brandon T. Bruce, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2003MaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $237Greg A. Herzog, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2008 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $310Brett D. Meeks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2015 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $101Chad Muxlow
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2007 · Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,459Travis Patterson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2013 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $144Darrell K. Scales, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 1988 · George Washington University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,197Emily K. Schaheen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2012 · University of Virginia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $381Fernando Serna, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2013MaleOther offices in Gainesville: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,656Shan Sharif, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $296Richard L. Thomas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2008 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $119Kristopher S. Wheeler, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2008 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $422Michael B. Gottsman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.3/100Graduated 1995 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $540Peter V. Edblad
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025MaleNader Ghazal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122
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).