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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Southport, NC
CMS lists 24 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Southport. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. Offer telehealth: 9.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 28461 (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.
Keith R. Bucklen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1976 · Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineMaleAndre L. Minor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.8/100Graduated 1987 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $91Tori Asbury, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleDonald E. Binz II, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineMaleJessica D. Bocook, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic MedFemaleOther offices in Southport: 1Mesha M. Chadwick, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in Southport: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $91Stephen K. Funkhouser, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicineMaleOther offices in Southport: 3Richard W. Hilliard Jr., DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic MedMaleWilliam A. Newsom
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleBrian Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in Southport: 3Barrington R. Owens, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleOther offices in Southport: 3Domenic A. Palagruto II, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $69Terry L. Pieper, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleJennifer Real, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleWendell L. Richardson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,279Eugene Sangmuah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993MaleOther offices in Southport: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,686Isaac S. Sparks, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $366Slade A. Suchecki, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Bruce F. Thompson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981MaleOther offices in Southport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $515Ryan C. Tighe
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicineMaleKristos N. Vaughan, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in Southport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $28Leigh M. Vaughan, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Southport: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $28Menelaos A. Voulgaropoulos, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,911Karen E. Wood, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $85
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.
Other specialists in Southport
- Nurse practitioners16
- Cardiologists4
- Ophthalmologists6
- Optometrists12
- Urologists3
- Therapists and counselors6
- Physical therapists24
- Chiropractors6
- General surgeons5
Other care in Southport
Hospitals · Nursing homes · Dialysis centers
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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).