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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Sylva, NC
CMS lists 65 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Sylva. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 64. Offer telehealth: 13.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 28779 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $84, of which you pay about $21; 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.
Michael S. Jutte, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.9/100Graduated 2001MaleJoanna M. Massie, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.9/100Graduated 2022FemaleCraig Headley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014MaleCassie Gustafson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.4/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $239Rebecca E. Manring, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.4/100Graduated 2015 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,274Ricardo J. Perea, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,471Lea A. Abernathy, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $138Paul Albert
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $351Melissa A. Altamirano, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $66Kimberley M. Austin, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999FemaleOther offices in Sylva: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $104Jonathan W. Bentley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Sylva: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $946Heather Beverley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMichele Brengs, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleSherry S. Burkett
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022 · University of South Florida College of MedicineFemaleJohn N. Caplinger
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $246Katrina G. Coggins
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,108Emily H. Crawford
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $732Kara B. Cummings, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $702Anamaria De Nardo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Tiffany Deitz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026FemaleSydney Franklin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $845Kalee M. Golden
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,038Lori S. Green
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleOther offices in Sylva: 1Latoya M. Hansley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleKatherine C. Hefner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $980James R. Hill, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $32Daniel R. Hinderliter, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleKarley B. Hyatt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $110Taylor L. Jenkins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52Jessica M. Jones, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $389Andrea D. Jutte, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Grace M. Kim, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,056Christine G. Kryger, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $948Jill D. Langley, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $939Brena E. Lepore, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleKendall Long, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleOther offices in Sylva: 1Ruthlane A. Lopez, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $441Alexis A. Morini
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleRhonda Morris, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Sylva: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $192Racheal Onodu, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Hannah M. Parks
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleKatherine K. Perdoni, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $256Ryan T. Pettit, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026MaleCarole Pierson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $281Sandra N. Pratt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $647Jaime L. Reynolds
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,304Don A. Rivenbark, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006MaleSandra Roberts, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $347Darby N. Rosenberger
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Sylva: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $58Olena G. Rowland
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $79Kathryn S. Sanford
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Sylva: 1Carrie L. Saunders
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleKenneth W. Sawyer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleLeah L. Seiger, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $419Kylie S. Smith
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $83Kristyn S. Stevens
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Destin S. Thomas
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Marissa R. Thomas
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Toledo College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,273Stephanie S. Turner, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineFemaleJodie B. Wade, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Sylva: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,232Sarah B. Watkins
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $265Amanda S. Weaver, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleMeagan A. Williams
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleTimothy Woodward, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $175Stephanie D. Jones
May accept assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,138
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 Sylva
- Primary care doctors53
- Cardiologists9
- Orthopedic surgeons6
- Neurologists9
- Gastroenterologists5
- Ophthalmologists6
- Optometrists4
- Pulmonologists6
- Psychiatrists6
- Psychologists3
- Therapists and counselors7
- Physical therapists9
- Audiologists3
- Chiropractors4
- Gynecologists6
- General surgeons8
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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).