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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Zachary, LA
CMS lists 48 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Zachary. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 48. Offer telehealth: 6.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 70791 (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.
Hatem Hamed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100Graduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30Ahmad Rana, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97/100Graduated 2015MaleDereje H. Habitemichael, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97/100Graduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Derrick D. Brooks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $44Satya S. Acharya, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 1994FemaleRainier Batiste, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.9/100Graduated 2014 · William Carey University College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $97Wonestta A. Collins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.9/100Graduated 2012 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $71Mohammed A. Sharif, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.3/100Graduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $451Vicki Z. Munson-Whetstone, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86/100Graduated 2006 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,811John K. Schwab, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,130Lauren M. Tillery, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86/100Graduated 2018 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,109Diana Curras, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81/100Graduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Zachary: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $456Adam M. Shope, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.2/100Graduated 2009MaleGerard J. Broussard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 60.7/100Graduated 1992 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleCourtney A. Washington, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 60.7/100Graduated 2017 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleGene Schwartz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 42.9/100Graduated 2012 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleJessica A. Anderson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportFemaleFolusakin Ayoade, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997MaleSamer Bakhos, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008MaleNicholas K. Batchelor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleGarrett R. Bird, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $629Chad C. Braden, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleMichelle F. Cosse, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleOther offices in Zachary: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $991Michael T. Duplechain, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleChukwudi Eke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991MaleReagan Elkins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $365Thomas J. Gould, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleOther offices in Zachary: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $627Corey Hall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Meharry Medical College School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $32Majid A. Jawad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989MaleOther offices in Zachary: 1William F. Krooss, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1976 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleAmanda R. Lea, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Kansas City University of Physicians and SurgeonsFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Rebecca K. Meiners, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $500Mitchell T. Montelaro, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleRajeev Nagarad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $29Annecie Noel, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleMaria North, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $411Fidelis Okotie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleEvangelos N. Pallis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994MaleIrina M. Pechenko, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986FemaleVan-Vi Richardson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $91Zahf Shaikh, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Rowan University School of Osteopathic MedicineMaleOther offices in Zachary: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,526Jerrell Sims, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleShaun R. Spinks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,111Andrew J. Streicher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleWillie M. Talbert, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $152Thomas N. Trahan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $81Quoc-Thieu Tran, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $76Abraham Walusimbi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014Male
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.
Other specialists in Zachary
- Nurse practitioners42
- Cardiologists10
- Dermatologists5
- Ophthalmologists3
- Optometrists8
- Therapists and counselors9
- Physical therapists18
- Occupational therapists11
- Audiologists4
- Chiropractors5
- Gynecologists6
- General surgeons3
Other care in Zachary
Hospitals · Nursing homes · Dialysis centers · Home health agencies · Hospices
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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).