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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in Tuscaloosa, AL
CMS lists 14 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Tuscaloosa. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 13. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 35406 (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.
Cary R. Baxter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2019 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Matthew H. Oltmanns, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2006 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Samuel W. Taylor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1990 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $112Jeffrey Fuller, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99/100Graduated 2001 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $670Thomas M. Davis Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 1985 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $173James Wilhite, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2017 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Bret L. Fisher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.8/100Graduated 1986 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $53,991Ernest V. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 1983 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $212Donald P. McCurdy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 1977 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Max M. Musharoff, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.4/100Graduated 2015 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Tuscaloosa: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,056John S. Parker Sr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1986 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,031Philip Dockery, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $279Carson P. Panovec, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $162John S. Parker Jr., MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2012 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,271
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).