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Cardiologists who accept Medicare in Covington, LA
CMS lists 54 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Covington. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 54. Offer telehealth: 17.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 70433 (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.
Farhad X. Aduli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991 · Hahneman Medical College of the PacificMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $773Salvatore Buttaci-Guarino, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $913Zain Kassam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,384Manpreet Singh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $801Ghiath M. Mikdadi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.8/100Graduated 1992MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $12,855Bruce M. Ennis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.9/100Graduated 1983MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,282Adam N. Lick, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 76.2/100Graduated 2016 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,514Frank J. Arena, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1989 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Covington: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,780Marc Bernstein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,973Bruce J. Iteld, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1973 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,404Pramod Menon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,297Jay R. Silverstein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2001 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,100Frank Voelker III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1988 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $814Samy A. Abdelghani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $356Ali M. Amkieh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,423Robert L. Baker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Michael L. Bernard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,392Siddharth K. Bhansali, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $962Patrick C. Breaux, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1966 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleMartha Carr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $270Michael E. Cash, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $487Richard Colon-Ortiz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $245Ivory Crittendon III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Oregon Health Sciences University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $404Sapna V. Desai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,377Homeyar K. Dinshaw, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,795Mark B. Effron, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $665David J. Elizardi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1973 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $260Samuel J. Ferris, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $210Khuzema Ghafoor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $578George F. Isa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,247James S. Jenkins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,676Ravi Kanagala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,817Sammy Khatib, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Wayne State University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $10,664Bahij N. Khuri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,183Olle Kjellgren, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $347Selim R. Krim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,500James B. Lam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleCarl J. Lavie Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $8,226Shamitha A. Manohar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,462Qussay Marashly, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,623Bekir Melek, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleOther offices in Covington: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $248Adriana Nagy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981FemaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,361Leonardo A. Orejarena, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,193Umesh Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $767Glenn M. Polin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $507Nichole M. Polin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Hahnemann University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52Russell J. Reed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,075Nitin Sabharwal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,630Hamid Salam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $11,676Stefan Sicinschi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $663Paul F. Stahls III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,465Bassam G. Wanna, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,913Christopher J. White, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1978 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $87Thomas W. Young, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $91
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).