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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Bowling Green, KY
CMS lists 25 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bowling Green. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 25. Offer telehealth: 1.
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 42104 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $123, 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.
Amanda S. Higdon, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2007 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $387Joseph W. Wilson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 98.1/100Graduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $235William A. Price, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.2/100Graduated 1998 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $575Samuel R. Calvert, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.9/100Graduated 2023MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $177Dwight L. Avery, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Southern College of OptometryMaleRhonda K. Bray, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $464James F. Buckner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $200Jonathan Bunnell, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleOther offices in Bowling Green: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,453Kevin L. Burt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $271Laura E. Compton, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $623Robert B. Duvall, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in Bowling Green: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $193Russell K. Heltsley III, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $103Lexie T. Honey, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic MedFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40Kevin Jackson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,107John W. Jeskie, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $875Tammy H. Love, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $347Tyler N. Mayes, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Donald C. McFadden, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,972Kelsey K. Newcome, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $400James A. Raley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleTaylor B. Runyon, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $477Charles B. Simpson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $271Carl W. Sydnor, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23Joseph C. Tucker, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980MaleOther offices in Bowling Green: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $796Trina R. Warden, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $246
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).