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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Frederick, MD
CMS lists 26 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Frederick. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. 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 21702 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $133, of which you pay about $33; a follow-up visit $72, of which you pay about $18 — 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.
Kenny Chen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100Graduated 2017 · New England College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $501Brian C. Chado, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.8/100Graduated 2019 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Frederick: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $514Padmini Nathan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1982 · New England College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $573Fernando Aguilar, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleAnupreet Chawla, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Frederick: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $797Jennifer L. Chen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $117Irving C. Gan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $281Robert L. Gertz, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $80Dawn R. Gill, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $171Robert Gilligan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Frederick: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $414John P. Higinbotham, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDavid S. Holland, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Frederick: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,322Sonia Kidwai, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · International American University at Puerto Rico - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $177Hannah Kim, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $71Michael S. Krimigis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $180April F. Miller, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $223Rait Musie, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $924Iva Nosi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleOther offices in Frederick: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $307Carolyn V. Ormes, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $214Barbara Pittaras, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · International American University at Puerto Rico - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $206Suchi Sood, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43Amanda Valle, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · New England College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $504Thomas J. Vaxmonsky, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $352Julia A. Vendittis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33Kelly Seidler, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.3/100Graduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Alexander C. Nnabue, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1994 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $136
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).