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Rheumatologists who accept Medicare in Sugar Land, TX
CMS lists 21 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Sugar Land. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 21. Offer telehealth: 14.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 77479 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $126, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $97, of which you pay about $24 — 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.
Jesus E. Hernandez Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1997 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,839Nasha K. Nensey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2017 · Medical College of WisconsinFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,889Ryan A. Valicek, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2005 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,044Padma R. Chimata, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,194Namieta M. Janssen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 53.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989 · Baylor College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,715Leila Muhieddine, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 53.9/100Graduated 2015 · Northeastern Ohio University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,280Tareq A. Abou-Khamis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,096Syed H. Alam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in Sugar Land: 2Mohammed Bari, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,359Latifa A. Fakoya, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Sugar Land: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,554Niharika Ganti, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $451Myriam E. Guevara, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleOther offices in Sugar Land: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,121Naureen Kabani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Sugar Land: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $182Saba W. Khan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $402Astrud Lorraine L. Leyva, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonFemaleOther offices in Sugar Land: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,482Grace A. Makhlouf, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Ruba Memon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Sugar Land: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,365Vineetha R. Philip, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $134Quratul A. Raja, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleOther offices in Sugar Land: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,474Richard A. Rubin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Sugar Land: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $604Anam A. Shaikh, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of TechnologyFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,980
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).