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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Evansville, IN
CMS lists 58 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Evansville. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 39. 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 47715 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $122, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $66, 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.
Christopher A. Ambrose, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.2/100Graduated 2019 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,114Walter H. Egenmaier, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.2/100Graduated 1982 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $829Chad Baker, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100Graduated 2002 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $585Melanie K. Happe, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Emily K. Ryan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.3/100Graduated 2004 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleMonica Kalia, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.8/100Graduated 2010 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $662Nathaniel Pelsor, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.8/100Graduated 2010 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,011Darrell W. Pratt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 59.9/100Graduated 1988 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $137Adam J. Russ, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 59.9/100Graduated 2010 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $241Andrew H. Ammerman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $268Aalaa Anderson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $543Matthew Anderson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $88Aja M. Bowling, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $330Christopher W. Brackett, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Southern College of OptometryMaleScott R. Brizius, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleChristina L. Cottingham, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleMarie G. Edling, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleStacey O. Embry, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Benjamin L. Garland, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleKimberly A. Haywood Pfender, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $370Karlie B. Hoelscher, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Morgan M. Hussmann, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Evansville: 1Kyle W. King, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $875Tonya Kohler, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleBrittney L. McWilliams, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $105John D. Miles, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $523Eric J. Moreau, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86Sarah B. Moreau, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $114Kaitlin B. Nesty, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50Todd E. Niemeier, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in Evansville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $117Natalie A. Ogle, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleMichelle E. Oglesby, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $656Kristy S. Porter, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $315Shanda Ross, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleAaron M. Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Eric J. Stoltz, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleCora J. Talarigo, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Kurt E. Tillman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $103Christine M. Verbeck, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Kailey Utley
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.8/100Graduated 2020 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleNicole S. Hanish, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2018 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,611Megan Alberts, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $405Allyson M. Bigham, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2003 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Evansville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $84James C. Bigham, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2002 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $407Taylor G. Brewer, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Evansville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $283Caleb H. Chesnut, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $70Sonia D'Mello, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleStefan N. Hanish, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2018 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,814Jeffrey D. Irvin, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2002 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in Evansville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $345Kera L. Kay, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2015 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleAshley J. Lamaster, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2014 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Evansville: 1Kelli Payne, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2016 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $169Hannah M. Powers, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2017 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $106Heather R. Russ, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2010 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Evansville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $197Traci A. Schaum, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1986 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Evansville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $58Jacob F. Schmitt, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2011 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,585Andrew D. Sharp, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2004 · Southern College of OptometryMaleStephen N. Simpson, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1996 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleOther offices in Evansville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $170
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).