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Primary care doctors who accept Medicare in Athens, TN
CMS lists 21 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Athens. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 20. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 37303 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $122, of which you pay about $30; a follow-up visit $94, of which you pay about $23 — 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.
Maurice A. Alston, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 2012 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,402Luis Gomez Vaca, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.3/100Graduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $736Nicholas B. Cline, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2019 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,043Johnnie Carter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 21.8/100Graduated 1986 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $312Patrik G. Centerwall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $369Timothy Collins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,188Mohamad K. Doleh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $599Kenneth G. Golden, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Lincoln Memorial University Medical DepartmentMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52Kevin M. Gooch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Athens: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,254Katherine R. Hall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Oregon Health Sciences University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $936Elizabeth Hathaway, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineFemaleKathryn A. Hawks, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $716Frederick J. McDonald, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental MedMaleJennifer L. Mosley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $601Steven M. Ratcliff, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineMaleNathan Reed, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleNicholas Reed, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleCharles T. Rudolph, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $228Theodore Tucker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Univ of Nebraska Medical Center, Col of DentistryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25Vickie Turnbough, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Athens: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $990Benjamin S. Coffey, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 1999 · West Virginia University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $217
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).