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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Kansas City, MO
CMS lists 55 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Kansas City. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 50. 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 64155 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $128, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $69, 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.
Laura J. Brammer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2011 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $244Stephanie A. Erker, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2009 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $429Lynn M. Gaston, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.3/100Graduated 2000 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,573Amber B. Troyer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.3/100Graduated 2001FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $570Hannah Fann, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100Graduated 2021 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $643Rachel R. Tischinski, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93/100Graduated 2002 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleAmanda H. Zghall, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.4/100Graduated 2016 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleOther offices in Kansas City: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $27Qadium Qayum, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.4/100Graduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $184Sara E. Stockwell, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.4/100Graduated 2021 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $322Anthony J. Verachtert, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.4/100Graduated 1999 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $339Erin Bales, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.9/100Graduated 2016 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $209Meghan Earley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.9/100Graduated 2015 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $345Tad D. Baker, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Andrew Benedict, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $578Robert D. Butcher, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $824Lloyd T. Dixon, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1976 · New England College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $666Elizabeth Everson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleEllen Frichtel
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleJeffrey R. Grimes, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in Kansas City: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $536Neel K. Gupta, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $146Douglas Herriott, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleRyan Hiesterman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleWesley Johnson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in Kansas City: 1Samantha J. Knoblauch
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $516Bryan Kramer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $150Carl E. Kramer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,831Landon P. Kraus, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $182Emily Kyle
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleJoni K. Laferla, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $145Teresa A. Larcom, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleCaroline G. Mendus, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $542Curtis D. Myers, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $587Grace C. Niemeier, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $246Natalie Pare, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Kansas City: 1Vincent Parsons, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $150Glen C. Pate, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $409Vivien L. Pham, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $117Richard A. Preckel
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $658Samantha Rau
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $752Marina Rios, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $98Jill M. Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $457Kelli A. Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Kansas City: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $900Ashtin Songster, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleTiffany Tiller, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51John W. Turley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleOther offices in Kansas City: 1Christina M. Twardowski, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleOther offices in Kansas City: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $507Radhika Veerapaneni, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleOther offices in Kansas City: 1Cal E. Wiese, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleKathleen M. Wilhelmus, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,332Kristen L. Yates, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Kansas City: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,637Jennifer M. Fauth, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleShawna D. Heintz, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1995 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleJohn S. Luder, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleBetsy A. Philippi, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $92Cole Spady, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50
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).