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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Meridian, ID
CMS lists 34 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Meridian. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 34. 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 83642 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $121, of which you pay about $30; a follow-up visit $66, of which you pay about $16 — 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.
Rob D. Christensen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.3/100Graduated 1997 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $239Bret D. Williams, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.3/100Graduated 2000 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $379James Bewley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.9/100Graduated 2005 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $793Lavar W. Kofoed, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.1/100Graduated 1996 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $424Dorian M. Rammell, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.2/100Graduated 2008 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $186Taylor T. Webster, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.2/100Graduated 2021 · Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine, GlendaleMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $476Brett W. Fredericksen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2021 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $285Scott D. Hansen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 1993 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $730Brian D. Rast, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 1994 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $88Christopher D. Robison, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100Graduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $545Vanessa J. Ewing, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.1/100Graduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $98Carli A. Bunn, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.4/100Graduated 2021 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $376Cameron Horch, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 2014 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleJason R. Besecker, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16,770Hans O. Bjorn, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $280Aaron W. Bronner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43Ashlyn Clark, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $369Melissa A. Fowler, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $142Russell L. Gray, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleOther offices in Meridian: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $365John A. Hogg, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Chandler K. Kauffman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleAnnika Lessard, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $209Nessa M. Livingston, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $259Craig M. Moss, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $304Ana D. Nielson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $691Ryan E. Nielson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $776Cameron S. Prien, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $162Luke A. Randall, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $533Renee A. Rowley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,039Shawn C. Sorenson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $218Dallas B. Stevens, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Pacific Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $847Dan C. Thieme, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · University of California - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $376Hayden A. Thieme, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $694Stephanie Youren, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21
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).