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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Columbia, MO
CMS lists 148 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Columbia. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 140. Offer telehealth: 43.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 65201 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $122, of which you pay about $30; a follow-up visit $93, of which you pay about $23 — 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.
Meghan Wood, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.6/100Graduated 2026FemaleMatt Thornburg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $138Kimberly Jamison, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.1/100Graduated 1982 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $730Kara R. Meler, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.3/100Graduated 2013 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $656Majd Al-Ahmad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2018MaleAhmad H. Ali, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2005MaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Amanda L. Allmon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleThomas W. Andrews, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2017 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Joseph A. Beckmann, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1988 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleAmy S. Braddock, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2009 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $147Pauline Y. Bridgeman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasFemaleMona L. Brownfield, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1998 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleLucas R. Buffaloe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleClayton J. Butcher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2010MaleBenjamin H. Crenshaw, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 2Allison N. Cupp, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleMargaret A. Day, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleRegina H. Depietro, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of MedicineFemaleAbigail K. Emerson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleNicole Formhals, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Krystal R. Foster, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleSeth C. Freeman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2012 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleHanna K. Gov-Ari, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleMorgan Green, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $116Julia S. Halsey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2011 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Melinda M. Hecker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $223Diane J. Jacobi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1993 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleCatherine M. Jones, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleKevin Y. Kane, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1994 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Scott Kinkade, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1995 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleJames P. Koller, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1992 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMalePeter J. Koopman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1992 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineMaleRichelle J. Koopman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1993 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineFemaleRobert W. Lancey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Adam C. Larey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleKevin A. Lease, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2011 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Michael L. Lefevre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1979 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleNicholas M. Lefevre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Whitney B. Lefevre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Candy S. Lincoln, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2013FemaleErik J. Lindbloom, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1994 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Cynthia B. Lombardo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2019 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleNatalie A. Long, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 2Alicia K. Ludden, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleNancy C. Mabe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleReiana J. Mahan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2019 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleMarcia M. Mains, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2015 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1David R. Mehr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1976 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleAshley S. Millham, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleShamita Misra, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1981FemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Kathryn L. Mohr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleJamie A. Ogden, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleErika N. Ringdahl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleVeronica C. Sievert, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleJoshua E. Smothers, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · Southern Illinois University School of MedicineMaleRoma P. Sobieski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2021FemaleConner J. Sutton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2020 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 3Amanda K. Swenson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Sarah J. Swofford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Kristen D. Tarwater, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Michael J. Ulen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2017 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleChristine L. Wilson, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Lynn M. Wung, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,184Alexander P. Zweig, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleDouglas E. Vogt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $891Brooke N. Adams, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $65Sara C. Adams, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleMohammed Ahmed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Saqib Ahmed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $111Elizabeth A. Allemann, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43Dorna E. Armbrister, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996FemaleEric D. Bettis, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $95Holly M. Boyer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123Aaron Brown, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $14Sarah L. Calhoun, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $111Megan K. Cates, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123Charlotte L. Chang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Washington University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Joseph Cherri
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleThomas J. Ciolino, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123Emma Cooper, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Matthew P. Cormier, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30Ashley Crisp, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleBrendan Daley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDonald M. Delwood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1977MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16,596Scott M. Dudley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995MaleBridget P. Early, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · Duke University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $102Dalton L. Ebel, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $228John A. Fernando, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleJamie L. Froeschner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 2Louis Gerges
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Tracy A. Godfrey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Kevin D. Halsey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $905Danielle Harris, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · At Still Un of Hlth Sciences, Col of Osteo Med, MesaFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Cynthia S. Hayes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleKristen L. Hemmersmeier, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Nancy Howe, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Rezwan Islam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,205Susan Z. John, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbia: 2Sairah P. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleSheena Jose, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996FemaleOther offices in Columbia: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $681
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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).