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Pulmonologists who accept Medicare in Albuquerque, NM
CMS lists 25 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Albuquerque. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. Offer telehealth: 11.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 87106 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $126, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $96, of which you pay about $24 — 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.
Sara Assaf, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Akshu Balwan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,916Anne Bostwick, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $667Laura F. Caffey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 1995 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Betty Chang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 1995FemaleJames T. Dean, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52Michelle S. Harkins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,200Hayley Israel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $120Simran Kenth, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2018MaleAli Abou Yassine, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 1Chidozie C. Agu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007MaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $117Jeffrey E. Godwin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1985 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleCraig A. Jensen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1996 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 1Matthew R. Montoya, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1990 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineMaleCory J. Hicks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.5/100Graduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $251Daniel Nazon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.5/100Graduated 1991MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $311Stanislav Belyaev, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $336Javier A. Blanco Jimenez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,148Ajit N. Chary, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,744Viral G. Gandhi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $887Jeffrey M. Mazer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002 · Tufts University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $770Sivakumar Nagaraju, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992MaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,074Hamish S. Patel, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Souheil H. Samaha, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $147Mikiyas T. Desta, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020Male
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).