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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Columbus, NE
CMS lists 38 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Columbus. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 36. Offer telehealth: 10.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 68601 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $81, of which you pay about $20; a follow-up visit $94, 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.
Marva Daniel-Cleophat, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $268Brooke A. Cemper
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.8/100Graduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,324Kay E. Ritzdorf
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.8/100Graduated 2018 · Creighton University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $62Amberlace A. Citta, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65.7/100Graduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $161Sarah R. Huettner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65.7/100Graduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $118Amber R. Hughes
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleTina J. Karmann
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65.7/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Christi A. Mastny
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65.7/100Graduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $103Samantha L. McPhillips
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65.7/100Graduated 2023FemaleKarla Neville
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 65.7/100Graduated 2009FemaleLindsey M. Bates
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Tamera L. Belz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $147Michelle A. Bittner, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $67Tamra A. Boettcher, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $449Kimberly R. Brandenburg
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $110Samantha J. Cahill
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Landon T. Collins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Jennifer M. Consbruck
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineFemaleKarla Coria
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $82Lauren J. Esch
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $67Renold Fertil
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023MaleRachel S. Glidden
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Cori Greene
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,033Renee M. Johnson Sayer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Christopher Kempf
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleDina Lerer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $192Shannon L. McDonald, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Alicia A. Mueller
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleJennifer A. Nekl, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $72Dacia D. Oakeson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Creighton University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,451Vicki D. Peterson Truksa
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Kirsten Rohde, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleNaomi A. Sampson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $179Nia Spicer-Thomas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleStaci L. Stempek
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Creighton University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1Mary E. Sueper
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51Akpene A. Abalekpor
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleMcKenze K. Cole
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026FemaleOther offices in Columbus: 1
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 doctors17
- Cardiologists9
- Orthopedic surgeons7
- Optometrists8
- Pulmonologists10
- ENT doctors7
- Therapists and counselors27
- Physical therapists9
- Audiologists3
- Chiropractors10
- Gynecologists4
- General surgeons3
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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).