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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Hattiesburg, MS
CMS lists 17 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Hattiesburg. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 15. 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 39402 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $120, of which you pay about $30; a follow-up visit $65, of which you pay about $16 — 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.
Katherine E. Reynolds, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.9/100Graduated 2020 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155Anna K. Armstrong, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2015 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $98Aubrey Fulton, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2013 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $250Scott S. Paladichuk, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2009 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $178Himali Patel
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.8/100Graduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $204Ted G. Harden II, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 46.8/100Graduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $484Aaliyah D. Cole, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $199Morgan E. Eguia, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Benjamin R. Fraysur, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $104Karah H. Hiatt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $301Rochelle M. Hopkins, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $45Deborah J. Marcev, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $560John R. Marcev, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Nova Southeastern Univ College of Dental MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $509Hilari D. McFarland, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Curtis J. Shaffer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $711Lisa E. Herrington Forsyth, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1988 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Ann A. Williams, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1982 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $183
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).