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Pulmonologists who accept Medicare in Baton Rouge, LA
CMS lists 21 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Baton Rouge. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 21. Offer telehealth: 5.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 70808 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $125, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $95, 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.
Matthew S. Berlinger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 2016 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $70Stephen P. Brierre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $652Paul J. Failla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 1985 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43John R. Godke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 1999 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $848Robert E. Hosse, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 2017MaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $282Hollis R. O Neal Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 2002 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $417,559Kevin D. Reed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 1985 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $631Michael A. Sanchez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 2008 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $455Christopher B. Thomas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 2002 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $62James E. Walker Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 2002 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $117Roy J. Culotta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.4/100Graduated 1998 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,021Jason K. Green, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.7/100Graduated 2015 · West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicineMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $329Stephen Adjei, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $159Emilio J. Fabian Corona, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,357Ronald E. Fields, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,858Glenn M. Gomes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $175Robert C. Hinkle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · University of Chicago, Pritzker School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $323Mark Hodges
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30Michael P. McCarthy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $29Alexander K. Mulamula, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993MaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,320Jonathan M. Richards, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008MaleOther offices in Baton Rouge: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $303
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).