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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Tallahassee, FL
CMS lists 84 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Tallahassee. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 74. 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 32312 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $130, of which you pay about $33; a follow-up visit $70, 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.
Elizabeth J. Strickland, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,137Joshua M. Trafton, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2001 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $941Brian M. Wood, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $607Darah Newell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.4/100Graduated 2013 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDieu Ho, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 72.5/100Graduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $412Samantha Schlesman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 72.5/100Graduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $241Ayaat Alakashi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Bayan O. Allaz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $73Jocelie Almorado, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $148Sagar Amin, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $309Brian R. Atkins, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $224Alexander J. Azimi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleMadison N. Balbirer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $204James Berry, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984MaleJennifer Brodil, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · International American University at Puerto Rico - School of OptometryFemaleStephen Chambers, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleJoseph Darazi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $184Kiara M. Darsin Gonzalez, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleOther offices in Tallahassee: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $217Randa Edelbi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleJacqueline V. Escobar
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $235Alex Falb, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $381Stefanie Fernandez, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $224Alexander D. Furer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleChris S. Garcia, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · New England College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155Angelina Gavel-Rukha, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $209Nora Gindi-Reed, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $260Nicole Golding, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,086Roxanne Guerndt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $365Hanaa M. Habashi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $296Emily C. Hall, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $347Richard Hamilton
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $656Margaret M. Harrington, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,129Melanie A. Hill, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $45Marca R. Hobbs, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $69Catherine B. Hough, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $728Parwana Kabiri
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $114Diane L. Kapadia, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $282Sharokh N. Kapadia, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $631Eunice Kim, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleGina Kubesh, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $60Ngan Kim H. Lam, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $799Rebecca Lassley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $276Scott Lauer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleVicki Lauer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $71Madison Lessard Latreille, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $444Edward G. Ling, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $311Meghan M. Loher, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $214Tiffany A. Malone, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,776Christopher M. McCann, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $169Vanessa M. McCann, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $432John J. Mertzlufft, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · New England College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $412Shawna Moinipour, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,223Erin Neal, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Victoria Nguyen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $316Darshita Patel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleShetal Patel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $265William S. Peacock, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · Southern College of OptometryMaleWillard C. Pearce Jr., OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1976MaleAnacristina Petrovich, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,728Samantha Price, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $333Elizabeth P. Roberts, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $350Citlalli Rosas Medina, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $339Vanessa Saenz Cortes, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $198Husna Sayeed, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $136Daniel S. Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Nova Southeastern Univ College of Dental MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $338Dillon S. Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $183Cari Solomon, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $41Rachel L. Swearingen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $278Crystal K. Victor, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $456Carlos R. Villa, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $227Michael H. Vuong, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $294Susan Whaley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,041Jin Yang
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $178Jacob C. Yates, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $243Robert R. Assantes, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.4/100Graduated 1998 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $261Marissa N. Adamson, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2008 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Tallahassee: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $306Poonam S. Amin, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $275Kathryn M. Beggs, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1985 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Tallahassee: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $234Carol A. Ebert-Gorb, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1986 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Cory D. Hill, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1998 · Southern College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Tallahassee: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $109Daniel J. Lazar, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1986 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Tallahassee: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $197Todd C. McWilliams, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1987MaleOther offices in Tallahassee: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $232Maritza Nickerson, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleOther offices in Tallahassee: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $43Laceyanna Rowe, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemale
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).