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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Chapel Hill, NC
CMS lists 14 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Chapel Hill. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 14. Offer telehealth: 9.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 27514 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $125, of which you pay about $31; 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.
Astia R. Allenzara, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · University of Vermont College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,558Laura A. Cannon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleMichael M. Cunningham, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleAbigail L. Gilbert, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleShannon M. Herndon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleRumey C. Ishizawar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of Virginia School of MedicineFemaleBeth L. Jonas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · State University of NY Upstate Medical UniversityFemaleRichard F. Loeser Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · West Virginia University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Chapel Hill: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $43Amanda E. Nelson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Chapel Hill: 1Nicole M. Orzechowski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $617Alfredo C. Rivadeneira, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990MaleOther offices in Chapel Hill: 1Saira Z. Sheikh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleOther offices in Chapel Hill: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $36,479Ellen A. Snyder, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $224Chanchaldeep K. Sood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $316
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).