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Physiatrists who accept Medicare in Gastonia, NC
CMS lists 30 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Gastonia. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 4. Offer telehealth: 6.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 28054 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $125, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $68, 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.
Nathaniel Crider, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleCara M. Grome, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.7/100Graduated 2012 · State University of NY Upstate Medical UniversityFemaleDeanna M. Kirchmayer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Medical College of WisconsinFemaleDaniel R. Villanueva Toby, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineMaleBhavesh D. Patel, DO
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $100Joseph P. Zuhosky, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1993 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $133Sameer Vemuri, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1999MaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $26John A. Welshofer, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1990 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1David R. Wiercisiewski, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1989 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Stephanie J. Plummer, DO
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.3/100Graduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $136Louis Fiore, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 2000MaleOther offices in Gastonia: 2Russell Gilchrist, DO
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 1997MaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,388Heather S. Havlik, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 2003 · Medical College of WisconsinFemaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Alicia H. Lazeski, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · State University of NY Upstate Medical UniversityFemaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $25Ryan N. McCarter, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 2018 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $70Michael J. O'Connell, DO
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Nicole Rup, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 2010 · Georgetown University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Graham P. McRary, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,538Herman C. Gore, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1994 · Hahneman Medical College of the PacificMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $339Usman F. Ahmad, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,241Kirsten G. D Amore, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1995 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolFemaleOther offices in Gastonia: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $155Jonathan P. French, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2004MaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $316John M. Lesher, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2002 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,876Lauren Mogk, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 2018 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Carolinas CampusFemaleOther offices in Gastonia: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $700Timothy J. Olivier, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,686Preeti Panchang, MD
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $150Tejas N. Parikh, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2005 · University of Louisville School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,465Anand J. Pooleri, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019MaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $670Jessica M. Urzen, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $272Julian D. Willoughby
May accept assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $190
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).