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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Hoover, AL
CMS lists 21 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Hoover. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 16. Offer telehealth: 0.
Original Medicare doesn't cover routine eye exams for glasses or contact lenses; it covers eye care for medical conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic eye disease.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 35244 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $122, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $66, 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.
Melanie Chwalek, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.8/100Graduated 2020 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $301Sarah M. Berry, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.7/100Graduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $695Carrie Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.7/100Graduated 2014 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $607Kayla L. Thomason, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.7/100Graduated 2016 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $232Melanie S. Chaney, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $184Melissa A. Curl, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,375Jim H. Day Jr., OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleAimee P. Jarboe, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $578Frank P. Larussa Jr., OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $158Robin L. Marbourg, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $181Tracey L. Mercer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Hoover: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,243Jane E. Rubino, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $119Abnous A. Samford, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $214Natalie Simons, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $619Taryn H. Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleAllison Wirt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $153Johnathan B. Lawson, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.4/100Graduated 2022 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $807Nathan E. Parvin, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2004 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleAnna Ren
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleAndrew D. Renfroe, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleAlex M. Tucker, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMale
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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- Pulmonologists8
- Rheumatologists6
- ENT doctors8
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- Psychologists7
- Therapists and counselors15
- Physical therapists162
- Occupational therapists35
- Speech therapists18
- Audiologists5
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- Pain management doctors10
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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).