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Gastroenterologists who accept Medicare in Shreveport, LA
CMS lists 31 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Shreveport. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 29. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 71103 (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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.2/100Graduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,147Christopher M. Oglesby, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · William Carey University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,808Arthur E. Richert, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.8/100Graduated 2003 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $847Robert J. Richards, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.1/100Graduated 1982 · New York Medical CollegeMaleHumberto I. Aguilar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $150,668John N. Bienvenu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $679Daryl Q. Buckelew, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $139Qiang Cai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982MaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,617Sarav Daid, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $350David F. Dies, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,164Vijay Bhaskar Gayam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008MaleOther offices in Shreveport: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,262Parviz Gholami, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $80James C. Hobley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $728Sathya Jaganmohan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleOther offices in Shreveport: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $868Lawrence W. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $682John A. Kirkikis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $720Nicolas T. Labarre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $394Catherine D. Linzay, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportFemaleOther offices in Shreveport: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $604Sherif Michael, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,815James D. Morris, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $935Thomas R. Palmer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $484David M. Philips, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $312Arthur L. Poch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1977 · University of Connecticut School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $426John M. Provenza, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $680Douglas E. Rimmer Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $194Naba U. Saeed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $113Mardeli C. Saire Mendoza, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Shreveport: 2Simhadri Sastry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · Oakland College of Medicine and SurgeryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51David A. Scott, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Shreveport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $696Gabrielle Sanford, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,717Aditya P. Vyas, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,181
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).