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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Fort Worth, TX
CMS lists 16 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Fort Worth. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 16. Offer telehealth: 10.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 76104 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $130, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $100, 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.
Jharana Shrestha, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.8/100Graduated 1991FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $154Arooj Babar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleBrooke S. Mills, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineFemaleNuha R. Said, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleNilofar I. Syed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityFemaleOther offices in Fort Worth: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $125Arshad Mustafa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,331Sampada Acharya, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleOther offices in Fort Worth: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $658Luigino R. Bernabela, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleShariq I. Chudhri, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of North Texas HSC, College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,447Ricardo Guirola, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleOther offices in Fort Worth: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $246Rajni Kalagate, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $465Awilda M. Luciano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,463Hobing P. Oei, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,352Himabindu R. Reddy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,752Narayana Swamy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $963Job P. Varghese, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $80
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).