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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Valparaiso, IN
CMS lists 135 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Valparaiso. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 131. Offer telehealth: 24.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 46383 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $82, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $94, 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.
Raven L. Nix, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleCheryl Chand, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.8/100Graduated 2019FemaleBlake Hansen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.8/100Graduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Cristal Reider
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleAnita Arthur, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997FemaleJames E. Brown
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021MaleDarrin Clutteur
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleJennifer Aversano
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $21Jennifer L. Defauw, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $139Roberto A. Luna
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,892Kimberly K. Pflughaupt, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $478Joel D. Phillips, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 2021MaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,177Julia L. Rogers, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 2008FemaleMichael Schwuchow
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $821Elizabeth Sobczak
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,666Jeannette M. Zelhart-Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleKelly R. Hardesty, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.1/100Graduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,333Candace Kapranos
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.1/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,592Kimberly K. Oppman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.1/100Graduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,621Michael Polich, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999MaleJulie A. Stein
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $684Roxanne G. Robinson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155Julijana Obetkovska, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $248Jody A. Adams, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,082Matyt L. Adler, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $26Amanda Allen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Serena M. Allison, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Kimberly M. Anderson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $19Stephanie M. Andree, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $889Jessica R. Arce, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Joshua D. Avery
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $111Arnie Lou Baker, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $269Ashlee L. Benke
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $287Susan J. Bigham, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleKeena E. Bikulcius
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleAlexis Borgman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleLisa M. Budka, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleJulie H. Burk
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Rylee Cartales, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123Laura Castrejon, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleAmanda Chambers, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $381April C. Chew
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $117Valerie Cline, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48Kelli Craven, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleChrysanthemum M. Davis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $254Kathleen J. Decorte
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $540Martha Drake, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,540Micah Driscoll, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,129Kelley L. Eshenaur
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $114Kari L. Evans
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $20Karen J. Fagan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $133Miranda L. Faris
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,207Andrea L. Farmer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · Indiana Medical College, School of Medicine of Purdue UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,286Anna Farmer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $770Sarah Feeler, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Nicole Ford, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $216Noel Frigo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025MaleKaitlin E. Fry
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $153Ashley D. Gacsy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleRaymond M. Galocy, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $63Kristen M. Giacomin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,260Caitlin Giddens
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $75Monica R. Gomez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $277Nicole A. Green, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,085Megan Hall
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleCassandra E. Haniford
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemalePaige R. Hankins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleKarla Hanson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $127Amy Harmeyer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleTonya A. Harvey, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,297Joy Hatch
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $197Beth A. Hayden
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleValerie L. Hennin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Morgan Holomy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleChristy House, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $160Kathryn Howell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $121Lindsay Humpfer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $199Melissa M. Ilg, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,216Christy M. Kersey
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Indiana Medical College, School of Medicine of Purdue UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155Erica Ketchum
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,128Allison Kinder, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $510Alicia M. Kobe, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $706Benjamin N. Koch, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleAsha Koshy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125Stephanie M. Krol
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $35Kelly A. Krumwied
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $980Frances Laka
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $27Kathleen A. Long, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $66Kristen Lynch
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $676Mary L. Malick, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $811Cheryl L. May
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $626Jessica L. Mercado, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,021Jeremy Michaelis
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $249Jennifer M. Milchak, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleReagan C. Miller, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25Alexandria Molaro
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,012Kenya Moss
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $171Lisa M. Nichols, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $363Kathy Nobles
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $388Danielle N. Norris
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,770
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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 Valparaiso
- Primary care doctors96
- Cardiologists19
- Orthopedic surgeons37
- Neurologists13
- Gastroenterologists10
- Ophthalmologists9
- Optometrists17
- Podiatrists13
- Urologists10
- Nephrologists3
- Oncologists4
- Psychiatrists10
- Psychologists12
- Therapists and counselors73
- Physical therapists52
- Occupational therapists17
- Speech therapists9
- Chiropractors10
- Gynecologists12
- General surgeons10
- Physiatrists8
- Infectious disease doctors6
Other care in Valparaiso
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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).