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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Fullerton, CA
CMS lists 20 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Fullerton. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 16. Offer telehealth: 1.
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 92835 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $142, of which you pay about $36; a follow-up visit $78, of which you pay about $19 — 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.
John E. Esser, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $26Christina K. Arakaki, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.6/100Graduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $829Thuy Hua Jung, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.6/100Graduated 1993 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $338Christopher Troy Allred, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $73Amanda L. Alves, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental MedFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $57Alvin Arellano, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of California - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,339Emily N. Bui, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · University of California - School of OptometryFemaleSteven J. Chiana, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40Chris J. Hsieh, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of California - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $241Michael D. Lenhardt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Maryanne Marcolivio, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $210Neda Nilieh, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $211Thu A. Phan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $877Jeffrey Scott, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $147Mai N. Tang, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,592My Linh Ton-Nu, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $147Lynne D. Louie Luu, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 74.8/100Graduated 1987 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,345Charles Luu, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 74.8/100Graduated 1984 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,015Scott Nguyen, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 74.8/100Graduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,824Ustina Wasif, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $548
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).