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Nephrologists who accept Medicare in Houston, TX
CMS lists 183 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Houston. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 178. Offer telehealth: 79.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 77030 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $134, of which you pay about $34; a follow-up visit $103, of which you pay about $26 — 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.
Russell L. Brink, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $821Adam I. Frome, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,215Dana F. Mitchell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2000 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $87,842Thang Nguyen, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2018 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,463Thu L. Nguyen, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,228Washington Sereatan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1996 · Wake Forest University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,695Jonathan M. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2010 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $159Marializa V. Bernardo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1987FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,800Caleb Chen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,895Charles S. Henry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1999 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $960Amer A. Khan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1997 · Northeastern Ohio University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,394Liliana Soltero, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.2/100Graduated 1997FemaleEdward J. Rhee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.9/100Graduated 1996 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $318Faraz M. Khan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,613Christopher H. Kwoh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.9/100Graduated 2000 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $72,917Anna Kagan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityFemaleOther offices in Houston: 5Benjamin J. Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Houston: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $79Peter T. Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003MaleOther offices in Houston: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,808Juan J. Olivero, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleOther offices in Houston: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $23Sibtain H. Ali, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 1988MaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $28Eric J. Faust, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 1988 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleOther offices in Houston: 1Jennifer L. Finch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,873Taquiuddin Khaja, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 2016 · Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $320Debbie G. Kurian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $76Ameena B. Malhotra, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Aashish M. Pandya, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $161Anita H. Shah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 2015 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonFemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Sarah A. Shearer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 1985 · University of North Texas HSC, College of Osteopathic MedFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $92Katherine Timmins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 1991FemaleOther offices in Houston: 1June Yao, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.6/100Graduated 1987FemaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $50Collette O. Akhimiona, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $354Joslyn L. Campbell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100Graduated 1996 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonFemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,398Ulka M. Desai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleOther offices in Houston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,088Juan M. Gonzalez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100Graduated 1979MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,175Nadia W. Iqbal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,155Abdul-Jabbar Khan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100Graduated 1991MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,092Tho M. Luong, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100Graduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $99George M. Nassar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988MaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $18,461Binh T. Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Houston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,474Marie Fouad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.8/100Graduated 2016 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $190Ala Abudayyeh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleSheldon Chen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $292Farhad R. Danesh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $158Amit Lahoti, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleJamie S. Lin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineFemaleOmar Mamlouk, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleBiruh T. Workeneh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $42,843Akinsansoye K. Dosekun, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1975MaleOther offices in Houston: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $92Kevin W. Finkel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1987 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleOther offices in Houston: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $578John R. Foringer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1996 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleOther offices in Houston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $10,263Paresh R. Jadav, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $143Jaya Kala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in Houston: 7Drug and device company payments (2025): $22,609Bruce C. Kone, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1983 · University of Florida College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Houston: 5Donald A. Molony, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1978 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Houston: 8Drug and device company payments (2025): $34,289Jade M. Teakell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2011 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleMatthew Van Norman, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2016 · University of North Texas HSC, College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Dia R. Waguespack, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleOther offices in Houston: 7Drug and device company payments (2025): $12,104Ali Ziaolhagh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $329Swee-Ling L. Levea, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100Graduated 2009FemaleOther offices in Houston: 4Lazaro Cherem, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1973MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,581Uday M. Khosla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $426Deepa Koshti, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $582Syed S. Rahman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985MaleElie N. Saber, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $142Neil Sutaria, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $299Bernardino F. Abaya, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,416Aisha Abbasi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $130Abdul A. Abdellatif, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $195,384Mai A. Abouelsaad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $266Katafan A. Achkar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $237Horacio E. Adrogue, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Houston: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $21,698Ali Ahmed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $14Amina J. Ahmed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $253Medha Airy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,169Aymen Aldujaili, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $178Adil R. Ali, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,325Manaf Alroumoh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $914Mario Assouad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,073Elzbieta Baranowska Daca, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986FemaleKanwarpreet S. Baweja, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleArpit Bhargava, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $642Cesar A. Bravo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1967MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $654Michael F. Campbell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,796Achi P. Chary, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $45Anil K. Chunduri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $2Dolon C. Das, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · Baylor College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,054Srijisnu De, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $454Sajan K. Eapen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $673Angelina R. Edwards, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleOther offices in Houston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $52Rafael C. Esquenazi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1971MaleStephen Z. Fadem, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1973 · University of Oklahoma College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $408Richard J. Foley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1977 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,130Gene D. Forrester, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $311Juan P. Frommer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974MaleNamrata S. Goel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50,260Sheetal P. Golla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · West Virginia University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $739Jiten H. Gosai, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · William Carey University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleAlexandra Grand, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Houston: 7Tam V. Ho, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $285Hussein A. Hussein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $168
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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).