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Cardiologists who accept Medicare in Forest City, IA
CMS lists 19 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Forest City. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 17. Offer telehealth: 3.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 50436 (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.
Sepideh S. Darbandi, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $525Youssef Nasr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $558Michael J. Sarik, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 1984 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $105Fayez A. Siddiqui, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,801Bryan M. Spalding, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 1998 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $488Michael T. Spooner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,400Kelly J. Airey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $756Kumar M. Bobba, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $112Brett M. Carlson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleSamuel J. Congello, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,774Michael C. Giudici, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $383Radu Hagau, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $613Diana L. Metzger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991FemaleRichard R. Rattin, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Kansas City University of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,977Robert Ruelaz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,481Nizar Saleh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988MaleAmad Zineldine, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $184Denisa L. Hagau, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $182Rakshak Sarda, MD
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14
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).