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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Brainerd, MN
CMS lists 51 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Brainerd. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 49. Offer telehealth: 20.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 56401 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $86, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $99, of which you pay about $25 — 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.
Kassandra J. Nelson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.5/100Graduated 2012FemaleRebekah R. White, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.5/100Graduated 2005FemaleChristine J. Soxman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.8/100Graduated 2022FemaleKatie A. Greniger, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.4/100Graduated 2023FemaleLindsay R. Fry
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.2/100Graduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Nicole C. Riess, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleKristen L. Anderson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleJordan J. Benson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 1Jessica E. Berg
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $28Joann T. Bresnahan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 2Caroline O. Brix
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleAmanda J. Carroll, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleDanette L. Diethert
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleEsther Doele, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleKarli G. Dullum
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDeanne R. Ehlert, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 2Melissa A. Erickson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleDiana Espana Neubauer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleKelsi L. Evans
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleLori A. Gutierrez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 1Katierae E. Herron
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleLinda M. Kelley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Nathan A. Kline, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014MaleOther offices in Brainerd: 1Leah M. Lempola
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleAlicia R. Lorensen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleAnne M. Meyer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $75Jakiann M. Mork, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleViolet A. Mussell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 2Carissa C. Nelson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleAilene Nielsen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,429Carolyn E. Olson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleLindsey M. Peterson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of North Dakota School of MedicineFemaleAdam L. Purcell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $27Melonee Ruhl
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $27Carrie Rutske
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleGail E. Seeker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleMichelle R. Seely
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Tucker A. Sheley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleKelly A. Spray, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleKaty J. Srock
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Aaron J. Stanley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020MaleDebra E. Suess
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleAngela M. Teckemeyer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleChristina G. Thell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 2Megan B. Thiel, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDanelle L. Tibbetts
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · University of North Dakota School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $27Jennifer M. Vanhorn
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Rachel A. Vopatek
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleTara Y. Wimmer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleTwyla F. Gifford
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19Kya M. Henningson
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23
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 Brainerd
- Primary care doctors26
- Cardiologists8
- Orthopedic surgeons7
- Neurologists13
- Gastroenterologists5
- Optometrists6
- Podiatrists3
- Urologists7
- Nephrologists3
- Psychiatrists3
- Therapists and counselors27
- Physical therapists7
- Occupational therapists4
- Chiropractors10
- Gynecologists3
- General surgeons5
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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).