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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Charleston, IL
CMS lists 21 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Charleston. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 21. Offer telehealth: 4.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 61920 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $86, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $97, 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.
Valerie Jackson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $998Mackenzie Buzzard
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2023FemaleSandra D. Frey
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2022FemalePatricia M. Fulton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $329Kathleen A. Guinnee
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleMorgan E. Helbig
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2021FemaleToni Lampe
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $172Alexis S. Levitt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2022FemaleLisa Price
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Kimberly L. Pruemer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $311Eliza J. Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2008FemaleKristina N. Smith
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31Kristen M. Walk
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2018FemaleVeronica N. Wright
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Christine M. Banks
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleJudith A. Lidy, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993FemaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $339Janis D. Miller
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Matya L. Riley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleEmma Schultz
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleAshley A. Van Loenen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $69Nicole L. Whalin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019Female
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.
Other specialists in Charleston
- Primary care doctors7
- Optometrists4
- Psychiatrists3
- Therapists and counselors6
- Physical therapists3
- Chiropractors6
Other care in Charleston
Nursing homes · Dialysis centers · Home health agencies · Hospices
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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).