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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Charlotte, NC
CMS lists 31 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Charlotte. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 30. Offer telehealth: 27.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 28277 (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.
Firas Kassab, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,808William D. Baker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Henry Y. Chow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Charlotte: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $93Ashrito K. Dayal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1976MaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Ashley N. Green, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $100Christopher P. Overton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Rachel D. Romero, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · West Virginia University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155Shashank Suresh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · Wake Forest University School of MedicineMaleAmanda K. Wakeley, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Ohio University, College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleManika K. Zeri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityFemaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $109Heather S. Gladue, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineFemaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $26,980Heather E. Holden, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,134Ahmad A. Kashif Al Ghita, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,594Eric W. Orlowsky, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,446Cheryl R. Robertson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100Graduated 1985 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,327Jeremy I. Sullivan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,537Elnaz N. Tabrizi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,225Ashley L. Toci, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · West Virginia University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,429John Brendese, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · New York Medical CollegeMaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,850Alireza Nami, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 1994MaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $5,091Gary S. Gilkeson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1979 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $124Rocio N. Bautista Sanchez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $324Sahithi Jarugula, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $423Alison J. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Pooja Kumari, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $25Matthew E. Malus, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,457Amit M. Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,496Ashwini M. Punjabi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleOther offices in Charlotte: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,894Kashmira P. Wankhedkar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,569Charles A. Withers II, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31,610Gordon K. Lam, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $436,286
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).