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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Bluffton, SC
CMS lists 37 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bluffton. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 36. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 29910 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $83, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $67, 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.
Edward R. Blocker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87/100Graduated 1993 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bluffton: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $147Howell K. Jones, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87/100Graduated 1984 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $164Robert D. Hoffman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84/100Graduated 1994 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bluffton: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $806Greer E. Noonburg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84/100Graduated 1992 · Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $81Joseph W. Romano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84/100Graduated 2018 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bluffton: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $189Evan Siegall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84/100Graduated 2010 · University of Florida College of MedicineMaleMichael Wolverton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84/100Graduated 2018 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $340Bryan A. Castro, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.3/100Graduated 1997 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15,377Daniel Delgaizo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.3/100Graduated 2011 · Rush Medical College of Rush UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,070Patrick Pallitto, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.9/100Graduated 2019 · Rutgers, Robert Woood Johnson Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,245Philip Mulieri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.7/100Graduated 2003 · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $600Mims G. Ochsner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.7/100Graduated 2014 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $687John Prather, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.7/100Graduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $142Ted S. Samaddar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.7/100Graduated 2015 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bluffton: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $263Brandon L. Rogalski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2013MaleOther offices in Bluffton: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,512Thomas C. Alexander Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2009 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,328Karl Boatright, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1994 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Bluffton: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $420Jonathan M. Christy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2008 · West Virginia University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37,678Travis D. Farmer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $115John R. Gavin Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1984 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Jeffrey H. Goldberg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2010 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $555Charles A. Hope, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1991 · University of Virginia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22,565Sunderraj M. Kamaleson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1989 · Meharry Medical College School of MedicineMaleGregory P. Kolovich
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2009 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24,911Christopher W. Nicholson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1999 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $127Thomas E. Niemeier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2013 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,077David M. Sedory, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2005 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $113Amir A. Shahien, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2015 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,066Robert J. Shelley Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2015 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $297George B. Sutherland Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2004 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,404Kent Woo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1993 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $90Edward Fakhre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,294Jason P. Norcross, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,808Robert S. Schaefer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bluffton: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $219William C. Skinner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,168Addison G. Wilson Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,544Joseph Altongy
May accept assignmentGraduated 1980Male
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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- Ophthalmologists15
- Optometrists13
- Podiatrists4
- Urologists5
- Pulmonologists3
- Rheumatologists7
- Oncologists4
- Psychiatrists3
- Psychologists7
- Therapists and counselors36
- Physical therapists74
- Occupational therapists14
- Speech therapists10
- Chiropractors17
- Gynecologists13
- General surgeons6
- Vascular surgeons5
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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).