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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Stamford, CT
CMS lists 12 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Stamford. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 8. 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 06905 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $139, of which you pay about $35; a follow-up visit $76, 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.
Frank P. Castaldi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1984 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Stamford: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $40Maria A. Pribis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2009 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Stamford: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,319Jesse D. Chin, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Stamford: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $360Garren Craner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · State University of New York - State College OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $447Elizabeth Hofmann, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $117Michael V. Kalustian, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleHemanshu B. Khanna, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $735Fredric I. Smilen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $164Sofia Ribolla, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 2022 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,038Joseph J. Thimons
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 70.7/100Graduated 1978 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Stamford: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $48,970Jason J. Grygier, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019 · State University of New York - State College OptometryMaleRandy L. Schulman
May accept assignmentGraduated 1991 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $290
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).