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Nephrologists who accept Medicare in Knoxville, TN
CMS lists 18 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Knoxville. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 16. Offer telehealth: 13.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 37923 (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.
Kendra S. Hendon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Tori Martin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100Graduated 2020 · Lincoln Memorial University Medical DepartmentFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $303Sung Yong Bae, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · North Carolina Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $291Gerald Borrelli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,774Suresh N. Kumar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 69.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $367Marcia V. Williams-Lyons
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 67/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · Rowan University School of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $162Ritu Khanna, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,601Arun Kottarathara, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Bryce Lund, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $167Zeyad Morcos, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $445Ross M. Nesbit
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $62,203Stanislav Ozhog, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Chicago College of OsteopathyMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $409Brian J. Savage, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Medical College of OhioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $68Girish Singhania, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008MaleUrath Suresh
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,828Erik M. Wendland, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $149Jimmy D. Gentry II, MD
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $35,571Mohammad J. Shafi, MD
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $516
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).