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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in Mishawaka, IN
CMS lists 10 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Mishawaka. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 10. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 46545 (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.
Philip Kurochkin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $178Kevin R. Baxter, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.2/100Graduated 2011 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $370Laura A. Cavadini, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.2/100Graduated 2014 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $536Christian M. Briggs, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.7/100Graduated 2019 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,172Ann K. Buikema-Wiarda, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.9/100Graduated 1995 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,753Christopher D. Knight, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.9/100Graduated 1993 · University of Michigan Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,376Matthew C. Ralstin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.9/100Graduated 2007 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $458Adeela M. Alizai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995FemaleOther offices in Mishawaka: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $151David N. Brown, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $83Benjamin Nicholson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23
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.
Other specialists in Mishawaka
- Primary care doctors85
- Nurse practitioners149
- Cardiologists9
- Orthopedic surgeons15
- Neurologists12
- Optometrists30
- Podiatrists11
- Urologists12
- Pulmonologists3
- Nephrologists10
- ENT doctors3
- Oncologists6
- Psychiatrists6
- Psychologists4
- Therapists and counselors30
- Physical therapists38
- Occupational therapists8
- Chiropractors11
- Gynecologists11
- General surgeons7
- Physiatrists7
- Infectious disease doctors6
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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).