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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Augusta, GA
CMS lists 19 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Augusta. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 15. 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 30909 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $124, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $67, of which you pay about $17 — 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.
Douglas W. Ellenberger, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96/100Graduated 2011 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $362Jared W. Staats, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.9/100Graduated 2016 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $303Kyle P. Fluharty
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2020 · University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $258Harika Karunakota, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 2023 · New England College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $116Robert R. Morgan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.8/100Graduated 2004 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $722Timothy K. Tippett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1991 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $134Kennedy Belangee, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $441Jennifer Brodil, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · International American University at Puerto Rico - School of OptometryFemaleJennifer M. Costales, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $419Gregory M. Fowler, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Matthew Haubert, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Ferris State College - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $322Cari Moore, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · New England College of OptometryFemaleWilliam P. Parks, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $363Nehad Virani
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50Keisha A. Williford, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $656Basil Coombs
May accept assignmentGraduated 1990 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Abdul B. Daranijoh, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2005 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Harold J. Hoover, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1987 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51Lewis Steinfeld, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1975MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $172
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).