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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Valparaiso, IN
CMS lists 37 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Valparaiso. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 37. Offer telehealth: 6.
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 $66, 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.
Nathan Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,066Lucas T. Buchler, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.2/100Graduated 2013 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,625Kevin D. Hardt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.2/100Graduated 2009 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,209Anton A. Thompkins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 1995 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $84,217Brett Schiffman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.2/100Graduated 2015 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $709Scott P. Fielder, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 1990 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $91Micah W. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2007 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $164,546Amir D. Tahernia, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.5/100Graduated 1993 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,144Brian L. Ratigan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $220Jeffrey Yergler, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2000 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15,463Paul J. Gruszka, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 1986 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $108Thomas H. Kay, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 1988 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $239Anthony C. Levenda, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2000 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,315Tyler Miller, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2019 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $285Eric K. Szczesniak, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2010 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $239Michael R. Orourke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.1/100Graduated 1997 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineMaleMitchell J. Hughes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2016 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,601Dale S. Snead, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 1991 · Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,975Omar Behery
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Rush Medical College of Rush UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25,747Daniel D. Bohl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,022Brian J. Cole, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $474,355Matthew W. Colman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $57,196Benjamin Domb, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,602,703Jon Edgington, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $341Brian Forsythe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $522Grant E. Garrigues, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $677,137James O. Hartson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleZeshan M. Hyder, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $69Benjamin D. Kuhns, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $180Daniel D. Li, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,640Johnny L. Lin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $883Denis Nam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $887,845Keith R. Pitchford, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Chicago College of OsteopathyMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,547James St. Clair, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, AuroraMaleOther offices in Valparaiso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $169Nikhil Verma, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $187,997Daniel Woods, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Toledo Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $563Adam Yanke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Rush Medical College of Rush UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51,270
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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- Primary care doctors96
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- Gastroenterologists10
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- Optometrists17
- Podiatrists13
- Urologists10
- Nephrologists3
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- Psychiatrists10
- Psychologists12
- Therapists and counselors73
- Physical therapists52
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- Speech therapists9
- Chiropractors10
- Gynecologists12
- General surgeons10
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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).