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Gastroenterologists who accept Medicare in Poughkeepsie, NY
CMS lists 19 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Poughkeepsie. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 19. Offer telehealth: 12.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 12601 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $142, of which you pay about $35; a follow-up visit $109, of which you pay about $27 — 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.
Alexander Pop, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85/100Graduated 2016 · Florida International Univ, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $135Khurram I. Ashraf, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $406Salvatore M. Buffa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $537Robert S. Dean, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988 · R Franklin University of Med & Sci/chicago Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Poughkeepsie: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,572Majed El Zouhairi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007MaleOther offices in Poughkeepsie: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,412Farshad Elmi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $61Madhavi Gaddam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $174Steven Goldstein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48Steven E. Helft, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityMaleSunil K. Khurana, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1975MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $250Simona Meca, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $211Arif Muslim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1968MaleOther offices in Poughkeepsie: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,320Zana Nikolla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleOther offices in Poughkeepsie: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,061Tamer N. Sargios, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,172Anthony A. Starpoli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleOther offices in Poughkeepsie: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $23,164Farah Toyserkani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,456Peter M. Varunok, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988 · State University of New York Downstate Medical CenterMaleOther offices in Poughkeepsie: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $767Stuart C. Weinberger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleElizabeth Williams, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · University of New England, College of Osteo MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $88
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).