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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Buffalo, NY
CMS lists 43 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Buffalo. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 41. Offer telehealth: 5.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 14215 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $85, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $69, of which you pay about $17 — 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.
John L. Butsch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 1996 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $869Donald D. Hickey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 1978 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleKatie L. Konesky, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 2016 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $29Molly E. Moore, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 2006 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Alan R. Posner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 1988 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $29,443Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 1977MaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $19,111Gene Yang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 2018MaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $5,909Eleanor C. Fung, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Buffalo: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $702Weidun A. Guo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100Graduated 1984MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $107Jeffrey M. Jordan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100Graduated 2009 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $97John B. Ortolani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100Graduated 2011 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $403Thamer R. Qaqish, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $210Ahmad A. Zaaroura, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100Graduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $118Ethan K. Craig, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $630Jeffrey J. Brewer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100Graduated 2001MaleSonya S. Noor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100Graduated 1992FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $129,885Sara Abou Azar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleTimothy M. Adams, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,229Jeffrey W. Berndtson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,926Joshua K. Burk, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,360Helen H. Cappuccino, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14,524Leonid Cherkassky, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $195Kimbo B. Chia, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1978MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $189Michael S. Chopko, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $85Clairice A. Cooper, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineFemaleMark A. Falvo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $224Hoylan T. Fernandez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleDaniel J. Finn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $53William J. Flynn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Liise K. Kayler, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · University of Nevada School of MedicineFemaleMoshim Kukar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $683Gary Mann, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989MaleShalana B. O'Brien, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineFemaleAjay N. Panchal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,251John D. Rutkoski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Temple University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,532Christina Sanders, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieFemaleOther offices in Buffalo: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $12,729Graham E. Skelhorne-Gross
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $64Jeffrey P. Steinig, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988MaleKazuaki Takabe
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,966Kimberly E. Wooten, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $452Jessica S. Young, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,493Andrew Rogers, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2016 · Tufts University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,673Michael A. Pell, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1991 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $678
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).