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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Waco, TX
CMS lists 16 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Waco. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 16. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 76712 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $85, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $69, 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.
Valerie Allen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineFemaleJeffrey Perumean, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.9/100Graduated 2011MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,193Eric M. Acheson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,013David Alexander, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleOther offices in Waco: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $93Karen L. Burnett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $126Anthony P. Cahill, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleOther offices in Waco: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,861Paul M. Claiborne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleOther offices in Waco: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $21Megan Daubert, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,017Josh Goldstrich, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001MaleOther offices in Waco: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $124Max Kopitnik, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Waco: 4David T. McCall, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleOther offices in Waco: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $612Todd Moffatt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Karen Y. Ni-Jones, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasFemaleOther offices in Waco: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $567Daniel T. Schmidt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleOther offices in Waco: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $54Michael C. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Waco: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,967Ted R. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMale
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).