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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in West Frankfort, IL
CMS lists 31 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in West Frankfort. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 30. Offer telehealth: 2.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 62896 (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.
Kayla E. Portwood Luker, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100Graduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $258Kara Tipsword, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.2/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $536Nicky Turner, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.2/100Graduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,648Samantha Christopher
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82/100Graduated 2017FemaleMorgan R. Flamm, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82/100Graduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $167Katrina C. Followell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Ashley N. Mitchell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82/100Graduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $118Adam Waller
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82/100Graduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $138Stephanie N. Whitlock, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Heather D. Alexander, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 77.5/100Graduated 2022FemaleKrysten T. Whitehead
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 77.5/100Graduated 2023FemaleNichole J. Boudet, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52Amy J. Bratcher, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40Bridgett N. Brown
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleTiffany Colborn, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $826Ashley R. Craig, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $213Jason A. Davison
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleChristina Etherton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $60Gina D. Gunther, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $63Kayla L. Kimmel
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $939Kristin McDonald, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,400Angela L. O'Dell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $963Joshua Richardson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleEmily R. Roach, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleHaley C. Stephenson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $204Sabrina L. Stevens, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleRobert M. Swayze, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $731Bradley S. Taylor, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,394Cassandra M. Vestal, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleAmber D. Willis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $353Ashley Bennett
May accept assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25
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 West Frankfort
- Primary care doctors18
- Orthopedic surgeons17
- Optometrists3
- Therapists and counselors25
- Physical therapists3
- Chiropractors5
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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).