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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in Gainesville, GA
CMS lists 18 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Gainesville. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 18. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 30501 (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.
Vandana Reddy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2007 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $756John W. Thomas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.8/100Graduated 1986 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $462Alexander R. Bottini, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2015 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $413Kannan M. Narayana, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 1994MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,276Nancy Faux, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.3/100Graduated 2019 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $482William C. Ackerman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84/100Graduated 1990 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $285Zachary R. Balest, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2014 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15,393Clayton G. Blehm, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2001 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $26,150Jack M. Chapman Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1988 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39,759Jeffrey B. Crowder, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2000 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,596Matthew W. Hollar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2012 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $968Lori C. Lebow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1999 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,938Bhairavi Dholakia, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,364Brent R. Hayek, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $37,114Matthew B. Kaufman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,613Pamela S. Martin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Mercer University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $741Sheetal M. Shah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · State University of New York Downstate Medical CenterFemaleOther offices in Gainesville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,016Christina L. Weeks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $84
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).