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Optometrists who accept Medicare in El Centro, CA
CMS lists 10 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in El Centro. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 9. 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 92243 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $134, of which you pay about $34; a follow-up visit $73, of which you pay about $18 — 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.
Hamlet Minasvand, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1999MaleAngela J. Chen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026FemaleJade N. Davis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in El Centro: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $26Mikala W. Herr, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $150Lawrence Kazzazi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleOther offices in El Centro: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $26Kuen-Chine Lau, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $126Henry C. Lin, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $126Tiffany B. Luu, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · University of California - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in El Centro: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $250Christopher M. Wright, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $206Salvador Vallarta, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of California - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in El Centro: 1
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.
Other specialists in El Centro
- Primary care doctors47
- Nurse practitioners36
- Cardiologists6
- Dermatologists5
- Ophthalmologists5
- Podiatrists5
- Nephrologists6
- Rheumatologists4
- Psychiatrists20
- Psychologists3
- Therapists and counselors17
- Physical therapists16
- Gynecologists4
- General surgeons4
- Physiatrists3
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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).