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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Cape Girardeau, MO
CMS lists 14 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Cape Girardeau. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 14. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 63703 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $82, of which you pay about $20; a follow-up visit $66, 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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2017 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,260Jesse M. Putman, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 2013 · Touro Un College of Osteopathic Medicine, VallejoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $289Adelbert J. Mencias, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 1998 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20,038Nathan A. Mall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2006 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,746Amy L. Burch, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 67.1/100Graduated 2018 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,668Patrick R. Knight, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 67.1/100Graduated 1995 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $65Rickey L. Lents, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 67.1/100Graduated 1981 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Cape Girardeau: 4Raymond A. Ritter III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 67.1/100Graduated 1986 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineMaleBrian C. Schafer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 67.1/100Graduated 1993 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Cape Girardeau: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $284Andrew Trueblood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 67.1/100Graduated 2003 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $115Charity A. Jacobs, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 21.1/100Graduated 2012 · Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Matthew C. Baker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,765Brian D. Batko, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,949Jeffrey Milles, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $387
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).