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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Brainerd, MN
CMS lists 26 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Brainerd. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 26. Offer telehealth: 15.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 56401 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $128, of which you pay about $32; 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.
Harvey E. Anderson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleJoseph A. Benson, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleMarcy M. Byrns, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 2Emily M. Day, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $65Tyler J. Dunphy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Brainerd: 1Jeremiah J. Eisenschenk, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $97Daniel D. Fordahl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleJames P. Freeman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Brainerd: 1Kristi Gebhardt, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 1Megan E. Gladen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleMark W. Gray, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Brainerd: 1Steven F. Harder, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesMaleTrenton E. Harder, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $42Daniel V. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleKristina M. Lelcu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Hong Li, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985FemaleRoger F. Macy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleJoseph P. McRaith, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleMaleVanessa V. Menghini, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · Mayo Medical SchoolFemaleOther offices in Brainerd: 2James S. Montana III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleAteeq Mubarik, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011MaleBrett P. Nienaber, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleJulie K. Olson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleJared R. Reese, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleGregory D. Whiteman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleKathy E. Wimmer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemale
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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- Nurse practitioners51
- 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).