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Nephrologists who accept Medicare in Charleston, SC
CMS lists 32 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Charleston. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 32. Offer telehealth: 14.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 29425 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $124, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $95, 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.
Michelle M. Shepard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1996FemalePrince M. Anand, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.4/100Graduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $142,883Zeeshan Azeem, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.4/100Graduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $331Ahmed I. Abdelkader
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,510Anand Achanti, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,203Milos N. Budisavljevic, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1984MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86Ruth C. Campbell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · Creighton University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,096Ahmed O. Daoud, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $180Natalie T. Freidin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $323Tibor Fulop, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $392Zipporah Krishnasami, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1996 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleJoshua H. Lipschutz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1988 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $277Blaithin A. McMahon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,830Megan E. Meyers, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $115Nicholas J. Milano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleWaleed A. Mohammed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2005MaleRoberto Pisoni, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $254David W. Ploth, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1967 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $254Maria Aurora Posadas Salas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $131David T. Selewski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2005 · Rush Medical College of Rush UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155Rachel L. Sturdivant, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $589Harold M. Szerlip, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1979MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,702Michael E. Ullian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1981 · New York University School of MedicineMaleSakshi Vaishnav, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2009FemaleOsemwegie E. Emovon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1985MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $307Michael C. Byrne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Deanna E. Cheek, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · Wayne State University School of MedicineFemaleEily J. Hayes, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleAnthony P. Kent, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24,632Erik Mai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $142Jeremy J. Sorkin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $392Mihaly B. Tapolyai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $127
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).