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Dermatologists who accept Medicare in Murfreesboro, TN
CMS lists 9 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Murfreesboro. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 8. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 37129 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $82, of which you pay about $20; a follow-up visit $66, of which you pay about $17 — 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.
Paula K. Lapinski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.8/100Graduated 1997FemaleMichael Schowalter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.8/100Graduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $725Karen Arnaud
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2019 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $70Christopher B. Bledsoe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2011 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,387Albert A. Kattine, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 1986 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,376Kimberly Lehman, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2005 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,179Jerry M. Smith Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.2/100Graduated 2010 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $746Ronald A. Nelson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1990 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Murfreesboro: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $19,284Charles E. Goodman Jr., MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 1969 · Washington University School of MedicineMale
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).