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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Wausau, WI
CMS lists 25 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Wausau. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 25. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 54401 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $83, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $67, 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.
Bradley Barter, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.6/100Graduated 1997 · Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDouglas J. Keele, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.1/100Graduated 2005 · Kansas City College of Medicine and SurgeryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $160Charles J. Hansen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.3/100Graduated 2018 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,685Kathryn L. Williams, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleJeffrey K. Rossow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.6/100Graduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,787Steven D. Taylor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.6/100Graduated 1999MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Faruk S. Abuzzahab Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 1999 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $202Dean T. Fochios, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 1986 · George Washington University School of MedicineMaleMargaret L. Meyer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 1998 · Temple University School of MedicineFemaleScott R. Murch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 2006 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $47Jason J. Potocki, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 2006 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Jeremy W. Russell, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 2005 · University of North Texas HSC, College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $367James P. Sutherland Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 1989 · University of Louisville School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $224Joshua D. Troyer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,169John J. Verre, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.6/100Graduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $444Samuel J. Bauer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,271Arjuna J. Cuddeback, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $110Pamela E. Glennon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Hahnemann University College of MedicineFemaleDominic Gomez-Leonardelli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,371Benjamin J. Hackett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleAdam L. Halverson, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $476Nicole M. Kelsen, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesFemaleMitchell D. Kuhl, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Ohio University, College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $495Casey L. Lagan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleEric J. Thiel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Medical College of OhioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $819
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).