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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Boulder, CO
CMS lists 28 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Boulder. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. 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 80301 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $133, of which you pay about $33; a follow-up visit $72, 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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $124Dillon Batalo, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $582Michael Bollenbacher, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $114Jacqueline M. Bowen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Boulder: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $174Richard Cross, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $120Eric P. Dupuis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Gregory L. Ellis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Ferris State College - College of OptometryMaleAshlee D. Elmont, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Kaitlin Fosse, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $784Jean B. Israelson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $329Jennifer L. Krueger, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,712Briana R. Lovell, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleRonald L. Mearsha, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $219Monica Mortenson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of California - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Boulder: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,540Joshua C. Olson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $46,158Shealeen A. Panetta, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemalePaula L. Postma, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $65Claire F. Purser, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Kansas Medical CollegeFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $423Nicole M. Ramos, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $414Jeffrey T. Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $328Jennifer Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $275Lowell C. Steinberg, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Shilpa Thomas, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Boulder: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $210Philip E. Wren, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,101Madison Brown, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87/100Graduated 2022FemaleKatlyn Barkey, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $172Jeffrey B. Holland, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2002 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $444Miranda Koehler, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023 · University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic MedFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,875
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).