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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Ruston, LA
CMS lists 30 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Ruston. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 28. Offer telehealth: 3.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 71270 (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.
Thomas R. Sanders, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.7/100Graduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,376Glynn A. Riels, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2020MaleBenson Grigsby, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.5/100Graduated 1985 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $910Ugochukwu Nwude, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.4/100Graduated 2005MaleMark Blackwelder, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 1985 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $548Michael S. Phillips, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Ruston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,099William Sanders, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 2006 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Ruston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,137Elvin G. Tubre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 1982 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $458Madelyn R. Riels, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.1/100Graduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $427Adeshola Adewunmi
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleWilliam C. Alexander, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleKenechi E. Anuligo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16James M. Belue, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $234Clayton G. Branton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Ruston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $245Stacy Conville, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $80Cindy F. Dollar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportFemaleBobby T. Ensminger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Todd D. Gaddis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001MaleAndrew A. Gong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Meharry Medical College School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $306Kevin M. Langlois, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $207Aaron Marquardt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $127Kamal A. Masri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,356James N. McNamara, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · William Carey University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleKaitlin McNamara, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleMartina A. Tamakloe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997FemaleSedo Tamakloe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleWesley Updike, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Payton B. Whiddon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Florida State University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $379Johnathan C. Baines, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 2007 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Ruston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $613Kenneth P. Metoyer, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.5/100Graduated 2008 · Howard University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $263
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).