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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Bethesda, MD
CMS lists 384 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bethesda. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 362. Offer telehealth: 269.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 20817 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $148, of which you pay about $37; a follow-up visit $114, of which you pay about $28 — 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.
Praveen K. Bolarum, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $438Kian Kaviani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Hooman Azmi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,535Petek Donmez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.2/100Graduated 1989FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,063Sheikh S. Parviz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.2/100✓ TelehealthMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Scott V. Zaft, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.2/100Graduated 1998 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $27Justin T. Brown, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $298Christopher Duke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988 · George Washington University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $186Heather Elsner Boldt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemalePriscilla Goldie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998FemaleIrene Jaffe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Angela M. Marshall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $434Jonathan S. Plotsky, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $600Gurmeet S. Sawhney, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986MaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $25Yousef Talavari, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Howard University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $137Sara A. Vazer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $31Godwin O. Darko, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · New York University School of MedicineMaleRonald J. Distajo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Deborah A. Topol, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $35Seetha Durbhakula, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleShreya Desai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,200Madhavi Hubbly, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.8/100Graduated 1999FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Ashwini K. Sardana, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987MaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Sireesha Jalli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $222Lee Pennington, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1977 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $365Lakshmi S. Sastry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $150Brent K. Cole, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · JS Weill Medical College, Cornell UniversityMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $160Thomas J. McNamara, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1975 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $284Meenakshi G. Andrew, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $83David Chen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020MaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $143Suvarnarekha A. Kammula, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $87Andrea C. Karp, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.5/100Graduated 1996 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $163Rajshree S. Thaker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $124Susan G. Baruch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40Brent A. Berger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $314Sonita K. Singh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · Howard University College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $238Daphne Stamos-Keshishian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · Georgetown University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $305Marlon Mitchell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.4/100Graduated 2018 · State University of NY Upstate Medical UniversityMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Tracie L. Lanter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $191Arezou Nazary, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2Kimia Ghaznavi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 1996FemaleLeal Hsiao, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · Stanford University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1John Hughes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Drexel University College of MedicineMaleAndrea Hulse, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $21Daniel H. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2006 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleCynthia J. Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Janet M. Noel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2000 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48Tara M. Scheck, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Suma Singh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50Mi Na Son, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2Loretta Sutphin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986 · Duke University School of MedicineFemaleRehan Talibi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleCelian Valero Colon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $431Meha Varma, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2012FemaleAmeesh H. Vora, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2011MaleKevin Yi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2017 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleYao-Yao Zhu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 1982FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $387Gretchen S. Dickinson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.1/100Graduated 1999 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleDavid Kim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.1/100Graduated 2010 · Michigan State University College of Human MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Michael J. Berard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1979 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $233Mary Rose Anne Manibog, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · Howard University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $941David P. Wolfe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Siva Ambalam, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic MedMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1John K. McConnell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Virginia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Mariam H. Ayub, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Amy L. Burke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $126Robin Felker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleSruthi Reddy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · New York University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Elizabeth B. Selden, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Boston University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Varun D. Sharma, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · New York University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Ritu Shrotriya, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · State University of New York Downstate Medical CenterFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Andrea Singer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $102,232Alaine Ainsley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2Penny L. Bisk, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1977 · JS Weill Medical College, Cornell UniversityFemaleFrancisca Bruney, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $16Susan Brunsell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100Graduated 1986 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolFemaleRobert C. Clark, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2Amar Dave, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $18Shikha N. Deva, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleAnjana M. Dhar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989FemaleUchenna Emeche, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100Graduated 2010FemaleAnna T. Ford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Rahul Gandhi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $345Christian C. Glaser, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Daniel C. Gold, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleMarta Halytska, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Megan Hollis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Georgetown University School of MedicineFemaleDeborah B. Horwitz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · Temple University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $103Yalda Jabbarpour, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Georgetown University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Heather Kearney, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100Graduated 2009 · University of South Florida College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Francisco C. King, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleJoanne J. Liu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · New York Medical CollegeFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Lauren M. Maragh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityFemaleChristopher J. Mays, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleEmmanuel T. Mbualungu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100Graduated 1993 · New York University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,695Alphonse Mehany, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Aparna K. Miano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · Baylor College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Syeda Moosvi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $16Amit P. Pathak, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001MaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $46Ana Paunovic, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 2
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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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- Gastroenterologists19
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- Optometrists20
- Podiatrists30
- Urologists25
- Nephrologists5
- Endocrinologists13
- Rheumatologists24
- ENT doctors32
- Oncologists42
- Psychiatrists27
- Psychologists23
- Therapists and counselors77
- Physical therapists132
- Occupational therapists18
- Speech therapists12
- Audiologists27
- Chiropractors6
- Gynecologists19
- General surgeons6
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- Pain management doctors14
- Physiatrists60
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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).