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Pulmonologists who accept Medicare in Charleston, SC
CMS lists 43 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Charleston. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 42. Offer telehealth: 28.
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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.9/100Graduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,536Jared M. Intaphan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.9/100Graduated 2009 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,713John M. Rucker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.9/100Graduated 1991 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,920Muhammad Rashad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,744Craig A. Schuring, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,374Rahul G. Argula, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $83,439Shean J. Aujla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2000 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineFemaleRita N. Bakhru, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · University of Michigan Medical SchoolFemaleTatsiana Y. Beiko
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $106Alice M. Boylan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1979 · Temple University School of MedicineFemaleGeorge B. Carter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleHina Chaudhry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $90Abigail E. Dy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleTravis L. Ferguson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,726Derlis C. Fleitas Sosa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $170Patrick A. Flume, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $73,453Adam H. Fox, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,078Christopher R. Gilbert, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,044Andrew J. Goodwin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2004 · State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of MedicineMaleWalter E. James IV, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $133Rachana Krishna, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009FemaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,969Howard Y. Li, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2002 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleJessica W. Lozier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $240Christina M. Mingora, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Drexel University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Tejaswi Nadig, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $282Luca Paoletti, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005MaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $472Denise Gabrielle A. Sese
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43,235James B. Sincebaugh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $59Harrison B. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2016 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23Robert L. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $148Michelle C. Spiegel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of Missouri, Columbia School of MedicineFemaleCharlton B. Strange, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1982 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $39,892Sylvia E. Szentpetery
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2011 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Nichole T. Tanner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Timothy P. Whelan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $335Chandar R. Abboy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $11,901Anna Brady, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityFemaleDaniel K. Game, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Jason Huet, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,990Chung A. Lee
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleAshley Reluzco
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $976Michael A. Spandorfer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,662Stephanie S. Mayle, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Carolinas CampusFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $258
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).