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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in New Orleans, LA
CMS lists 17 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in New Orleans. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 15. Offer telehealth: 9.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 70121 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $129, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $98, of which you pay about $25 — 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.
Mansour Alghamdi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.2/100Graduated 2007MaleOther offices in New Orleans: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,177Barrett G. Ford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.2/100Graduated 2015 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleOther offices in New Orleans: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,849Shreya Madhavaram
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.2/100Graduated 2017FemaleOther offices in New Orleans: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,166Milena Vukelic, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.2/100Graduated 2004FemaleOther offices in New Orleans: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,243Dennis C. Ang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990MaleWilliam E. Davis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in New Orleans: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $18,264Stephen M. Lindsey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1972 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in New Orleans: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,600Gitanjali M. Lobo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $659Robert J. Quinet, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1974 · JS Weill Medical College, Cornell UniversityMaleOther offices in New Orleans: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $52Ileannette Robledo Vega, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · San Juan Bautista School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $917Lesley Saketkoo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $478Malik C. Spady, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in New Orleans: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $7,181Karen A. Toribio, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleOther offices in New Orleans: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $457Tamika A. Webb-Detiege, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Temple University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in New Orleans: 1Jerald M. Zakem, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1974 · University of Louisville School of MedicineMaleOther offices in New Orleans: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $394Zaki Abou Zahr, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2006MaleMurilo Roberto Bastos Silva, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026Male
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).