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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in Waterbury, CT
CMS lists 24 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Waterbury. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 19. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 06708 (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.
Shimy Apoorva, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98/100Graduated 2017 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $640Jillian R. Kaplita, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.3/100Graduated 2018FemaleLaura Andrews, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2014FemaleThomas L. Berenberg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2009MalePeter J. Branden, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 1985 · Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $291Nhu-Y Dao, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2012 · Ohio State University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17Joel A. Geffin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $120Meredith P. Kim, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2017 · George Washington University School of MedicineFemaleAlexander T. Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2013 · Washington University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $147Danielle S. Rudich, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 2008 · University of Connecticut School of MedicineFemaleJonathan E. Silbert, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $109Stephanie L. Sugin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.5/100Graduated 1986FemaleAngela L. Bosjolie, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 2009 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $233Caroline N. Debenedictis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $134Richard D. Gilbert, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 1977 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $220Neil Kalbag, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 2014 · Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $765Karen S. Nipper, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 2000 · Perelman School of Med at the University of PennsylvaniaFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $691Erika Wandel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 2008 · New York Medical CollegeFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $646Michelle White
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 2006 · Drexel University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $576Jeffrey L. Oberman, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.9/100Graduated 1976 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityMaleZachary Eller, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022 · Howard University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Palmer Feibelman, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $254Shantara K. Propst, DO
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Virginia CampusFemaleLiuzhi Zhang, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $65
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).