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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Ville Platte, LA
CMS lists 23 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Ville Platte. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 23. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 70586 (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.
Jason T. Chambers, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.5/100Graduated 1999 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleStephen O. Davis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.5/100Graduated 2020 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $156John Giroir Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.5/100Graduated 1987 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33David Kutob, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.5/100Graduated 1982 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleEduardo L. Alvarez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $415Bernard Boka, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Wake Forest University School of MedicineMalePatrick Byrne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $41Hawk Cambron, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $268Francisco Cantu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1965 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Henry J. Dupre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1975 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31James B. Fontenot, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Ville Platte: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $822John P. Fontenot, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $226Thomas G. Fontenot, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $724Brian N. Heinen Sr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1970 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $708Jade N. Heinen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $550Nelson B. Howell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Sharon K. Joiner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $59Jeffery J. Lafleur, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Ville Platte: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,874Nicholas D. Lahaye, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $961Leah D. Olivier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Ville Platte: 1Trevor C. Richard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleSteven B. Vidrine, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $667Lori E. Vidrine Parks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,087
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).