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Nephrologists who accept Medicare in Austin, TX
CMS lists 43 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Austin. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 43. Offer telehealth: 29.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 78751 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $132, of which you pay about $33; a follow-up visit $102, of which you pay about $25 — 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.
Sonali P. Birewar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997FemaleOther offices in Austin: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $404Mumnoon Haider, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001MaleOther offices in Austin: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $397Lakshmi V. Tenneti, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleOther offices in Austin: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $362Ellen M. Grimm, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleOther offices in Austin: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $125Elia J. Saadeh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleOther offices in Austin: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $349Margaret E. Cook, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1980 · University of Oklahoma College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $982Avinash Ghimire, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001MaleOther offices in Austin: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $50Maria Trirogoff, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleOther offices in Austin: 7Drug and device company payments (2025): $470David Vadala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 19.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $503Andrew Alpar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $42Ashvin Baru, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $441Cristian D. Cipleu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994MaleOther offices in Austin: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $408Manoj Das, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007MaleOther offices in Austin: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $855Raymonda El Khoury, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,650Amsalu Erko, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,105Jason R. Fought, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleRoshny A. George, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleOther offices in Austin: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $64Tejas Gopal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Harry F. Goss Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20,226Monica L. Guzman-Limon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonFemaleOther offices in Austin: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $394Hwarang S. Han, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleOther offices in Austin: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $17Peter B. Hines, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $654Timothy R. Hines, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $546Youness Hussein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $285Satyarth Kul, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86Brian K. Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleOther offices in Austin: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,308Ting-Chi Lu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,010Michelle Lubetzky, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityFemaleNidhi Mattoo Munshi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleOther offices in Austin: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $161Luciana B. McLean, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998FemaleOther offices in Austin: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $142Paul Nader
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Austin: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $37Yasser A. Nasser, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $180Tessa K. Novick, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasFemaleOther offices in Austin: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $538Andrew C. Pelphrey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $494William A. Rodriguez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $870Mark S. Rosen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1972 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $67Nicholas J. Rowder, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $369David Simon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Austin: 1Elena G. Slavcheva, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992FemaleVincent M. Tjia, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,627Sujatha Venkatesh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,534Malavika Vinta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $35Hima Bindu Yalamanchili, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleOther offices in Austin: 8Drug and device company payments (2025): $289
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).