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Cardiologists who accept Medicare in Knoxville, TN
CMS lists 74 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Knoxville. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 67. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 37920 (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.
Vianney Villaruz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.2/100Graduated 1987MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Michael S. Bailey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $10,662Gayathri D. Baljepally, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1993FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $610Raj M. Baljepally, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1989MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,195Stuart J. Bresee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1982 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 7Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,094James W. Cox Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1984 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $7,875Jerry J. Crook II, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 2003 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $52Steven D. Dolacky, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 2010MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $730Jeffrey B. Hirsh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1995MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,766David R. Huntsinger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1997 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $469Jeffrey H. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1988 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $13,328Kayleigh M. Litton, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100FemaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $813Joseph C. Liu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1990 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $779William J. Mahlow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 2000 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,580Tjuan L. Overly, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1999 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $476Patrick H. Platzer, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 2018MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $752Morgan H. Randall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 2015 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $7,274Kashif A. Shaikh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 2010MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 7Drug and device company payments (2025): $741Benjamin I. Shepple, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 2009 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $543Stephen M. Teague, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1977MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $282Roger W. Thompson, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 2017 · Alabama College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $501Carmelo V. Venero, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 1995MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $811Roger A. Riedel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.5/100Graduated 1997 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Hitesh J. Mehta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.7/100Graduated 2002 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $674Charles J. Allderdice, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.7/100Graduated 2013 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $128Thomas Wannenburg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93/100Graduated 1982MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $48Jeremy Brooks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.8/100Graduated 2015 · East Tennessee State University Quillen College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $758John N. Meriwether, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92/100Graduated 2011 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $33Ayaz M. Rahman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.7/100Graduated 2012 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $18,946Sara Negrotto
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.5/100Graduated 2013 · East Tennessee State University Quillen College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $20,400Neil Barry
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 2013MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,771Fahd Chaudhry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 2002MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $692Clint T. Doiron, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1976 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,619Malcolm T. Foster III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1991 · Wake Forest University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $89,966Rashmi U. Hottigoudar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 2003FemaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $548Osareme Irivbogbe
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1996MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,260Robert P. Martyn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1986 · Michigan State University College of Human MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $784Kyle W. McCoy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1988 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $339Ravi S. Mehta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,269Barry I. Michelson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1984 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,150Nilamkumar Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 2001MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,435Steven W. Reed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1975 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $962Mukesh K. Sharma, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1976MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $484Miteshkumar B. Solanki, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 2003MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $361John A. Ternay, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1999 · State University of NY Upstate Medical UniversityMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $166Hong Tjoa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1985 · Rutgers R W Johnson Medical School (cam/new Bruns/pisc)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $35Charles B. Treasure II, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.1/100Graduated 1984 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $386Mitchell H. Weiss, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 1984 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleJoseph C. Petit, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.7/100Graduated 2009 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleRodney O. Diehl, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82/100Graduated 1992MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $77Nicholas P. Xenopoulos, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.3/100Graduated 1985MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $98Peter R. Scott, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 77.8/100Graduated 1998 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $579Susan J. Souther, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 77.8/100Graduated 1989 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $856Yasir N. Akhtar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $21,515Shawn A. Baldwin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $430Norbert E. Baumgartner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $904Albert R. Blacky, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981 · Oregon Health Sciences University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $27Douglas M. Brinkley Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $81Tyler Coombes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $817Hunter Daniels, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $930Lee R. Dilworth, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $29Elliott Goodwin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · Lincoln Mem Univ, Debusk Col of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,875Rachel Goodwin, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,450Anne K. Kassira, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Knoxville: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $810James E. Livesay III, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $7,270Eliea Sneij, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $801Anthony R. Villarosa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $218David E. Wood, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.7/100Graduated 1997 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $404Thomas M. Ayres, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.1/100Graduated 1984 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Joshua W. Todd, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.8/100Graduated 2004 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $713Christopher Capps, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2013 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $555Briana Costello, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2013 · Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $260Matthew Evans, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $463Kirsten Raby, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019 · East Tennessee State University Quillen College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $338
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).