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Nephrologists who accept Medicare in Covington, LA
CMS lists 16 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Covington. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 14. Offer telehealth: 8.
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.
Syed T. Rab, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75.9/100Graduated 1990MaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,570Brandon K. Bean, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $478Robin R. Bennett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1978 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $60Shirisha Bodana, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $175Sumitha Ganji, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $578Jorge C. Garces, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $147Georgi Kovachev, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,384Ivo Lukitsch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $204Jon Mares, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Kansas City University of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,128Malcolm G. Napier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleSean M. Roberts, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $312Catherine Staffeld Coit, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990 · Northeastern Ohio University College of MedicineFemaleDaniel P. Tveit, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Covington: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,015Juan Carlos Q. Velez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $61,800Amery J. Creighton, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1995 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleTammy N. Do, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020Female
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).