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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Rio Rancho, NM
CMS lists 130 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Rio Rancho. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 122. Offer telehealth: 50.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 87124 (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. Drane, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.2/100Graduated 2016FemaleCecelia Harris, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100Graduated 2022FemaleAlanna K. Dancis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2014 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaFemaleGloria Howard, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleAnne M. Kalunian
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleOther offices in Rio Rancho: 1Aaron P. Skiles
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2012 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $230Paula E. Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Steffi T. Antony, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Kimberly D. Archuleta, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2005 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Jessica Bartra, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $47Eve D. Candelaria, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $389Makita L. Chavez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $150Ashlee R. Gibson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleBrittany P. Hanlon, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,628Lauren D. Heckethorn, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,569Jennifer A. Hejtmanek, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2014FemaleLisa A. Johnson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Kathryn L. Jones
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Veronica Lopez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,610Valerie J. Lucrecio, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $220Janine Mancusi, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2019 · Florida Atlantic University, College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123Shawna P. Marion, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,017Christine L. McCarthy, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $297Megan E. McCoy-Vialpando, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,424Gretchen Mueller-Reuben, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineFemaleAurelia Padilla, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $199Angela S. Purvis, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,693Karen S. Reyes, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $176Sara Sanchez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $64Sarah E. Simmons-Bentley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleWhitney E. Steinmetz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $280Anne Vallejos, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Janet Wenger, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125Ashley Wolfe, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $67David Zarikta, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2017 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $234Alyse C. Martinez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,031Kelly V. Rivera, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $716Jennifer L. Garcia, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $239Joe D. Tumalad, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100Graduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $28Holly Lorenzen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2007FemaleOther offices in Rio Rancho: 1Jimmy M. Calzado
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 21.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,922Ann I. Akpaka, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Rio Rancho: 1Gary L. Allan, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $62Martin M. Alvarado, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Rio Rancho: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $69Jade Ammons, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleMonica Arencon-Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $608Laura B. Armijo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $501Victoria Artiaga, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleAbigail Banmbuh, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleMary L. Blankenship, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleTanya T. Bryndzia, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleOther offices in Rio Rancho: 1Chanel D. Bullock, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $134Earvin John M. Camu, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025MaleLisa Candelaria, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleOther offices in Rio Rancho: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $303Joanne S. Clinton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemalePatricia A. Costales
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleJenee Crow
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Noe De La Torre, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthMaleRonald M. Edwards, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Rio Rancho: 1Estelle M. Elliott, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $276Christopher M. Fichera, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleCharlie Foster, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleAmanda Garcia, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $162Mikaella Garcia, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $610Anna J. Gear, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48Amber R. Gifford, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleAnne M. Gilbert, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $456Dorothy M. Godina, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Haley Grant, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDiana L. Gutierrez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleSandra P. Gutierrez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Kelly J. Hansen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Kelly J. Hoock, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $375Erin Hughes, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleSuzanne M. Huntsman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $581Dakota L. Iannone, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $124Claire E. Janek, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleHeather E. Johnson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleCelia L. Jones, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $213Beverly L. Karabin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998FemaleJaclyn Kassen, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleJessica E. Knight, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,030Jessamy J. Koury, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleKimberly K. Kozeliski, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86Joshua D. Lehrer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleAaron Lesser, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $371Susan Lindner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $75Aileen Liong, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $222Dana M. Lords, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleNicole Lucero, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $697Kayla A. Martin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleRobert Martinez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $256Moksha Martino, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19Jessica M. McClung, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024Other offices in Rio Rancho: 1Brittany N. McDowell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDanielle R. Meier, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23Mary Monday, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $704Albert Morales, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleJennifer D. Nelson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemalePatricia D. Olguin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Rio Rancho: 1
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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 Rio Rancho
- Primary care doctors92
- Cardiologists12
- Orthopedic surgeons26
- Neurologists15
- Gastroenterologists12
- Ophthalmologists16
- Optometrists27
- Podiatrists6
- Urologists8
- Endocrinologists4
- Rheumatologists4
- ENT doctors13
- Oncologists5
- Psychiatrists6
- Psychologists13
- Therapists and counselors86
- Physical therapists22
- Occupational therapists6
- Chiropractors12
- Gynecologists10
- General surgeons14
- Vascular surgeons3
- Pain management doctors3
- Physiatrists4
- Allergists4
- Sleep medicine doctors5
- Infectious disease doctors3
Other care in Rio Rancho
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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).