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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Buffalo, NY
CMS lists 34 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Buffalo. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 32. Offer telehealth: 1.
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.
Matthew Dipaola, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 2003 · JS Weill Medical College, Cornell UniversityMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $398Evgeny A. Dyskin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 1994MaleOther offices in Buffalo: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $128Joseph B. Kuechle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in Buffalo: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $911Donald J. Nenno, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 1975MaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Sridhar R. Rachala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 1998MaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $327Andrew Stegemann, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.1/100Graduated 2016 · University of New England, College of Osteo MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,393Robert J. Smolinski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100Graduated 1983 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleMark J. Anders, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1986 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $703Susan M. Daoust, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2009 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $787Clayton Del Prince, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2017 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,523Thomas R. Duquin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2004 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $433,327Lindsay R. Kosinski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2017 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $320Joseph M. Kowalski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1993 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $243Christopher E. Mutty, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2002 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $625Christopher A. Ritter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1997 · State University of New York Downstate Medical CenterMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $30,644Bernhard J. Rohrbacher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1983 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Philip M. Stegemann, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1982 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleWilliam Wind, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1997 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39,427Erik C. Freeland, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,975Cameron B. Huckell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $35Graham R. Huckell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982MaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $18John C. Karpie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $171Paul Lapoint, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleOther offices in Buffalo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $178Christopher Lucasti
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,152Andrew W. Mack, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleOther offices in Buffalo: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $132Joseph Messana, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · Stanford University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $77Dustin D. Morgan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,944Craig Roberto
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of TechnologyMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,455Matthew P. Rubacha, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $433Thaddeus E. Szarzanowicz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $336Andrew M. Tetro, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $58Stephen E. Watkins, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,896Matthew T. Binkley, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91/100Graduated 2011 · Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,250Zair Fishkin, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2003 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,980
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).