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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Cloquet, MN
CMS lists 27 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Cloquet. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 17. Offer telehealth: 4.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 55720 (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.
David S. Anderson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33Gregory S. Defor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleWilliam O. Haug Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of North Dakota School of MedicineMaleSeth A. Heikkila, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleCharles M. Kendall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Wayne State University School of MedicineMaleAndrea K. Kratzke Nelson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Rush Medical College of Rush UniversityFemaleErin N. Louks Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleDaniel M. Palmquist, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Cloquet: 1Jeffrey Rapp, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleKenneth M. Ripp, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992MaleOther offices in Cloquet: 1Carly J. Ritchie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleJoanna M. Robnik, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25Amelia G. Schurke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022 · Medical College of WisconsinFemaleBrandi C. Strong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Memorial Un of Newfoundland, Faculty of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $28Kara L. Underwood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleJessica K. Woodward Lavan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleOther offices in Cloquet: 1Stefanie R. Worwa, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $67James F. Conniff, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.3/100Graduated 2011 · Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleMary J. Owen, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.3/100Graduated 2000 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleLorraine L. Turner, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.3/100Graduated 1987 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineFemaleSarah M. Carlson, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleRyan Dunkley, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleKiara M. Levar, MD
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleCharity A. Reynolds, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of Arizona College of MedicineFemaleShane Richardson, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2011MaleMollie A. Stapleton, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleArne Vainio, MD
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMale
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).