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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Minneapolis, MN
CMS lists 50 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Minneapolis. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 45. 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 55455 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $128, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $70, 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.
Kristin L. Adams, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.7/100Graduated 2017 · International American University at Puerto Rico - School of OptometryFemaleMichelle M. Tyler, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.7/100Graduated 2009 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleNina M. Watercott
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.7/100Graduated 2012 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDenh C. Altman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.6/100Graduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Minneapolis: 2Melissa Caceres, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.6/100Graduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Minneapolis: 2Carol H. Johnson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.6/100Graduated 1987 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $120Kathy G. Mulier, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.6/100Graduated 1995 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleArmand E. Radke, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.6/100Graduated 1980 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Minneapolis: 2Andrew J. Ritter, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.6/100Graduated 2015 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleOther offices in Minneapolis: 2Steven A. Rizzi
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.6/100Graduated 2017MaleRene L. Royal, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.6/100Graduated 1994 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleMeredith N. Stallone, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.6/100Graduated 2018 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleJoshua J. Hanen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2013 · Ferris State College - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $10,843Michel E. Hanen-Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 1975 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in Minneapolis: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $148Christian T. Larson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.7/100Graduated 2015 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleOther offices in Minneapolis: 2Cheryl Zabrowski Flogel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.7/100Graduated 2014FemaleOther offices in Minneapolis: 1Dane Peterson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.8/100Graduated 2009 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $194Janet C. Browde-Brenner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · New England College of OptometryFemaleVivian O. Ekemezie, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · New England College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Minneapolis: 1Madeline R. Elmland, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleSusan M. Hemann, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $81Ia O. Her, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMax P. Hergott, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Southern College of OptometryMaleNeelu K. Hira, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleBrett M. Hollenbach, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · New England College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $222Sarah J. Jerome, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleMichael J. Johnson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $198Erin M. Klukas, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleElizabeth C. Lepage, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $293Troy D. Loomis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $603Joseph H. Martin, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $44Kelly R. McCarthy, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $279Shikha H. Mehta, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · New England College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $195Benjamin J. Michalicek, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $85Elizabeth M. Mosley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $216Vivian B. Nguyen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMarcie M. Nichols, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,882Michelle Penshorn, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $264Joel D. Peterson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleJonah M. Resnick, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40Amy R. Schultz, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,538Margaret Shipitalo, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $436Paul J. Shlafer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $118Keith F. Tyler, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleMaryann J. Zastrow, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · New England College of OptometryFemaleJose Martin F. Barrientos, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $311William J. Flynn, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2009 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleOther offices in Minneapolis: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $107Tamara Legg, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2012 · New England College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $85Pamela J. Rupnow, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1994 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Tyler Sealock, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026Male
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).