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Infectious disease doctors who accept Medicare in Council Bluffs, IA
CMS lists 9 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Council Bluffs. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 9. Offer telehealth: 6.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 51503 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $122, of which you pay about $31; 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.
Faran Ahmad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleRima I. El-Herte, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $80Amir S. Gholami, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,964John M. Horne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Chicago College of Medicine and SurgeryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Jessica L. Jones, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · Creighton University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $142Rudolf J. Kotula, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $53,690Neil Mendoza, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthMaleDavid S. Quimby, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleJeffrey S. Sartin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,347
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 Council Bluffs
- Primary care doctors55
- Nurse practitioners270
- Cardiologists31
- Dermatologists4
- Orthopedic surgeons29
- Neurologists55
- Gastroenterologists28
- Ophthalmologists12
- Optometrists20
- Podiatrists11
- Urologists20
- Pulmonologists28
- Nephrologists15
- ENT doctors12
- Oncologists4
- Psychiatrists33
- Therapists and counselors73
- Physical therapists28
- Occupational therapists6
- Audiologists10
- Chiropractors19
- Gynecologists28
- General surgeons11
- Vascular surgeons8
- Dietitians3
- Neurosurgeons5
Other care in Council Bluffs
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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).