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Physical therapists who accept Medicare in Altoona, IA
CMS lists 26 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Altoona. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 25. Offer telehealth: 0.
Medicare Part B covers outpatient physical therapy when it is medically necessary; there is no yearly limit, but claims above a set amount need extra documentation from the therapist.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 50009 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $82, of which you pay about $20; 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.
Amanda L. Backes, PT
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.3/100Graduated 2009FemaleJoelle L. Gallick, PT
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.3/100Graduated 2012FemaleKiel L. Huston, PT
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.3/100Graduated 2010MaleGary A. Latcham, PT
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.3/100Graduated 1992MaleKevin S. Petersen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.3/100Graduated 2017MaleElizabeth Schliep
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.3/100Graduated 2020 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesFemaleMark R. Adams, PT
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleJessica M. Bishop
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleBrady Buchheit
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesMaleTyler Budden
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleJoshua A. Chizek
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleLee W. Cody
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleTodd J. Dodson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleJoshua C. Dueker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleKati R. James
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleAmy J. Jensen, PT
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleHaley Keller
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleTyler J. Krumsee
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesMaleRobert W. Mortenson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleRiley Nolan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025MaleSteven C. Olsen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleJessica Regenscheid
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleJacob Torkelson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesMaleChristopher J. Wooley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleMalinda Zahrli
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolFemaleAbigail Harn
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025Female
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).