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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Columbia, SC
CMS lists 10 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Columbia. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 10. Offer telehealth: 3.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 29203 (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.
Suneetha K. Morthala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1998FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,678Kathleen Flint
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.7/100Graduated 1982 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,536Celeste M. Thomas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.7/100Graduated 1989 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,417Emily Y. Campbell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.4/100Graduated 2020 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $852Brinda D. Basida
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $221Robert Boyd
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · West Virginia University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $104Alvin L. Day, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $255Shannon E. Iriza, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $99Navya Kuchipudi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $222Sunita Paudyal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $176
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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- Neurologists32
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- Optometrists40
- Podiatrists24
- Urologists27
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- Gynecologists79
- General surgeons30
- Vascular surgeons10
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- Allergists4
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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).