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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Durham, NC
CMS lists 32 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Durham. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 31. Offer telehealth: 19.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 27705 (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.
Joseph C. Shanahan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 1997 · Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18,714Akrithi U. Garren, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineFemaleDaniel R. Anderson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · University of Michigan Medical SchoolMaleBrian J. Andonian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleOther offices in Durham: 2Poorva J. Apte, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityFemaleOther offices in Durham: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $52Sonali J. Bracken, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Connecticut School of MedicineFemalePhilip Chu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleOther offices in Durham: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $761Megan E. Clowse, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Durham: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $235Lisa G. Criscione Schreiber, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · Duke University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Durham: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $235Jayanth R. Doss, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Temple University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Durham: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $100Konrad M. Dziamski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $266Lena V. Eder, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · Florida Atlantic University, College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Durham: 1Akash K. Gupta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · University of Louisville School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33Kim M. Huffman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Durham: 1Virginia Kraus
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · Duke University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Durham: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $19,379Mithunan Maheswaranathan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Durham: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,934Ranadeep Mandhadi
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $79Rex M. McCallum, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Durham: 2Maria Fernanda Ortiz Kaemena, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleMayur K. Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,020Jennifer L. Rogers, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · Indiana Medical College, School of Medicine of Purdue UniversityFemaleOther offices in Durham: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $5,314Rebecca Sadun
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155Rujuta Saraiya, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $26Ankoor Shah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $880Jeffrey Z. Shen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleMax Shenin, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieMaleCatherine A. Sims, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Virginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Durham: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $122Eugene W. St Clair, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1980 · West Virginia University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Durham: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $6,817Kai Sun, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Washington University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Durham: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $29Teresa K. Tarrant, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Florida College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Durham: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $32,367Sophia Weinmann, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Durham: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $123Emma R. Trachman, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineFemale
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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- Primary care doctors722
- Geriatricians33
- Nurse practitioners911
- Cardiologists113
- Dermatologists38
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- Neurologists109
- Gastroenterologists65
- Ophthalmologists116
- Optometrists54
- Podiatrists16
- Urologists39
- Pulmonologists52
- Nephrologists46
- Endocrinologists35
- ENT doctors34
- Oncologists109
- Psychiatrists90
- Psychologists90
- Therapists and counselors279
- Physical therapists504
- Occupational therapists109
- Speech therapists86
- Audiologists42
- Chiropractors27
- Gynecologists109
- General surgeons97
- Vascular surgeons14
- Pain management doctors11
- Physiatrists34
- Allergists10
- Dietitians38
- Neurosurgeons28
- Infectious disease doctors57
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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).