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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Las Cruces, NM
CMS lists 267 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Las Cruces. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 263. Offer telehealth: 80.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 88011 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $85, of which you pay about $21; 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.
Jessica E. Altamirano, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,277Matthew R. Arenibas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $88Melinda Brooks, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $365Carlos A. Carrillo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $168Melissa J. Cometti, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $457Russell Coryell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,035Matthew Franco, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2019 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $107Brooke Gelecki, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $29Tonee Gonzalez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $379Julie L. Gould, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Antoinette Green, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $645Jimmie K. Hauser, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $167Mohamed A. Khamsi, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2022MaleMelissa M. Livingston
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $187Taylor C. Martinez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $537Abigail Nebb, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $267Elizabeth J. Nordquist, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $325Cynthia Y. Norris, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25Deborah L. Pacheco, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,443Sarah Plante-Olivas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Sharyn Shepherd, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,500Isaac Villado, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2023MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 2Imelda V. Wallace, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,514Heather Massengill, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleLuis Hernandez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.2/100Graduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $137Kenyua N. Johnson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $675Avery Kennedy, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2007FemaleSamuel C. Bustillos, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2017MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $18Angelina P. Carver, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 1991FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,341Bronwyn S. Davis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $159Karina Gayosso, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $722Robert N. Harrison, DC
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $15Stephanie R. Lynch, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $21Cindy A. Montgomery, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 1992FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $15Candace M. Morales, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2008FemaleMichael J. O'Connell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $264Leandra G. Ogas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $803Laura R. Ortega, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,435Audie Padilla, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 4Sandra Piedra
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $15Jose L. Rosales, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $15Mia N. Saenz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleGeneva R. Salinas, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $230Rachel E. Villa, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Michael M. Zavala, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2015MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 6Marcus A. Colker, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleErika Eisenberg, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 2012 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $28Hedsna H. Rocha, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $295Jacqueline Tuton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,492Susann M. Ravessoud, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.1/100Graduated 1998FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,313James Barraza, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.5/100Graduated 2022MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23Cierra Dorado, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 69.4/100Graduated 2020FemaleNicole A. Alaniz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2019FemaleCelina Doyle, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40Tammy L. Germany, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2018FemaleFrank R. Gonzales Jr., NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2016MaleMarla B. Hardy, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2016FemaleKatherine E. Kleinsteuber, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2017FemaleAdan A. Menchaca, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2002MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $48Naomi Suazo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2019FemaleDawn Wulf, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33Barbara Yoon, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 48.6/100Graduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $56Princess Ahedor, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Monica Albidres, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleJolynn Allen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleBen Alvarado, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $524Mireya M. Amador, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $165Jade Ammons, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Vernon Arrington
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $182Kerry Atkinson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $113Elaine E. Attiogbe, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Tiffany K. Autry, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,319Bryan Baca, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $400Sheri L. Bagley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $157Sheila A. Bardwell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25Paige A. Barrera, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $251Kerry Bayes, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $80Carmen Bernal
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $61Eduardo Berumen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $45Tammi Bone
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleSonda S. Boulware, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $530Jaclyn A. Brown, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleSusan A. Brown, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $103Penny R. Buckland, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleCasey Bunker, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleSamantha L. Bustillos
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $15Teresa Callan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $245Felipe Campos Jr., NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $112Cynthia Caranta, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleMarisela Casas
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14Michael J. Castillo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $195Ashley Childs, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $118Kari Coats, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $831Edward Collins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $661Lyndsi Comins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Christine Corbett, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $542Dolores J. Cordova, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleCarissa Cornell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1John M. Crawford, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleKathleen Crislip, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017Female
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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.
Other specialists in Las Cruces
- Primary care doctors141
- Cardiologists21
- Dermatologists4
- Orthopedic surgeons17
- Neurologists36
- Gastroenterologists11
- Ophthalmologists16
- Optometrists14
- Podiatrists10
- Urologists13
- Pulmonologists12
- Nephrologists8
- Endocrinologists3
- ENT doctors4
- Oncologists11
- Psychiatrists8
- Psychologists31
- Therapists and counselors145
- Physical therapists78
- Occupational therapists10
- Audiologists5
- Chiropractors10
- Gynecologists18
- General surgeons16
- Vascular surgeons6
- Pain management doctors3
- Physiatrists3
- Dietitians4
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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).