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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Hastings, NE
CMS lists 7 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Hastings. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 6. 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 68901 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $121, of which you pay about $30; a follow-up visit $66, 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.
Eric Arneson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $62Richard J. Arneson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51Nathaniel A. Bolen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33Jennifer R. Deets, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $303Andrea M. Eigenberg, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33Michaela Sasse, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33Robin L. Schutt, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2002 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Hastings: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $17
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.
Other specialists in Hastings
- Primary care doctors24
- Nurse practitioners54
- Cardiologists4
- Orthopedic surgeons7
- Ophthalmologists3
- Podiatrists8
- Urologists3
- Pulmonologists12
- Oncologists3
- Psychiatrists6
- Therapists and counselors21
- Physical therapists22
- Occupational therapists7
- Speech therapists3
- Chiropractors7
- Gynecologists4
- General surgeons3
- Infectious disease doctors4
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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).