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Dermatologists who accept Medicare in Columbus, MS
CMS lists 4 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Columbus. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 4. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 39705 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $81, of which you pay about $20; a follow-up visit $65, of which you pay about $16 — 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.
Christopher Harmon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1990 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $114Misty T. Sharp, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.6/100Graduated 2001 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbus: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $100Bethany R. Hairston, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.5/100Graduated 1999 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $608Terry A. Westmoreland, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 1991 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $104
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 Columbus
- Primary care doctors50
- Nurse practitioners144
- Cardiologists8
- Orthopedic surgeons8
- Neurologists11
- Ophthalmologists3
- Optometrists10
- Pulmonologists8
- Endocrinologists7
- ENT doctors3
- Oncologists18
- Psychiatrists13
- Therapists and counselors22
- Physical therapists23
- Occupational therapists5
- Chiropractors3
- Gynecologists12
- General surgeons11
Other care in Columbus
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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).