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Nurse practitioners who accept Medicare in Wake Forest, NC
CMS lists 70 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Wake Forest. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 67. Offer telehealth: 24.
Nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and prescribe, and many work as primary care clinicians for Medicare patients.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 27587 (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.
Aloysius E. Abaya
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Sude Abdulahi
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Wake Forest: 1Elsa Mae Q. Bagnulo, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $546Katrina Baron
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $100Sarah K. Baxt, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $555Ashley D. Bryant
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · Duke University School of MedicineFemaleHaley M. Burton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleMakenze M. Caldwell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleMonica M. Capp, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,562Dustin B. Coats
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $95Charlotte A. Culler, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Natalie P. David, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Breanna Dent, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Wake Forest: 1Erin L. Diamond-Paulsen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $633Natasha J. Donnelly
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $151Dominee C. Ehrhardt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $807Taylor A. Favreau, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $235Tracy L. Foland, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleBrandilynn A. Freeman, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $36Natalia V. Ghidora, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleKelsey L. Gilchrist, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleCatherine N. Gitau, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleChasity H. Godwin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Duke University School of MedicineFemaleCatina Greene, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $380Ashley Greer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleOlivia J. Hodgson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $106Jennifer G. Hough, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $438Deborah A. Hupp
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleOther offices in Wake Forest: 1Scott R. Hutchison, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleWendell C. John, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $442Christianna D. Karr, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $128Daniel N. Kashdan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $79Lauren Kramer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,106Nicole E. Kremer, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Michigan Medical SchoolFemaleValeri Kyle
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $204Ava H. Maritato, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleRejoice Mashangeni
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleAlexi C. Massey, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Duke University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Brandi R. Mayes
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $146Phyllis A. Merritt-James, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $360Adrienne M. Navarro, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleLauniece D. Newton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Duke University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $281Elisabeth I. Owens
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19Michelle M. Peay, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23Robin S. Peterson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDanielle J. Piekaar, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleApril N. Pierpoint
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $110Emilie R. Price, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleMelissa A. Raddatz, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleAudrey D. Rice
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $443Christopher N. Riggan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $341Kimberly Ritenour
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleBritney W. Russell, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $56Dew Matasha Saunders, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998FemaleOther offices in Wake Forest: 1Subbulakshmi Settu
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleGloria M. Sierra, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleMorgan Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $36Yolanda C. Smith, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $63Allyson G. Stanton, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · Duke University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $780Alayna M. Stebbins, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleUmi Aisha Thomas
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $181Everlyan Torres, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleCharnell L. Trembeczki
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $561Tiffany D. Tyson, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,947Joel A. Weant, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleMakenzie W. Whitley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleBrookie A. Wood, NP
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $828Adrienne L. Anderson, NP
May accept assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Wake Forest: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $36Crystal U. Okafor
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleShari L. Scott
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $205
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 Wake Forest
- Primary care doctors44
- Cardiologists3
- Dermatologists4
- Orthopedic surgeons5
- Gastroenterologists4
- Optometrists18
- Podiatrists7
- Nephrologists5
- Psychologists6
- Therapists and counselors34
- Physical therapists49
- Occupational therapists3
- Speech therapists7
- Audiologists3
- Chiropractors13
- Gynecologists8
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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).