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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Minden, LA
CMS lists 20 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Minden. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 19. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 71055 (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.
Christopher Earnhardt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2001 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $745Ryan C. Harrison, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Kyla Lokitz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100Graduated 2004 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,611Michael S. Chanler, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMalePatric J. Darvie III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Minden: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $267Md Kabiul Haque, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleOther offices in Minden: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $121Carl H. Hines, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Minden: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $43Carlos A. Irizarry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982MaleOther offices in Minden: 1Dillon P. Jones, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022 · Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Mid Western UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $161Jennifer C. Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleOther offices in Minden: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,924Vincent B. Lococo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Minden: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $62Jessica E. McKenzie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportFemaleOther offices in Minden: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,403James N. McNamara, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · William Carey University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleKaitlin McNamara, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleJoseph R. Nida, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,907Gregory S. Phillips, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Minden: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $968Daniel I. Piotter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleOther offices in Minden: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,502Gerald M. Stell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleKapil Thakkar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleAlexander W. Rath, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15
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).