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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in Paterson, NJ
CMS lists 7 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Paterson. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 6. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 07514 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $145, of which you pay about $36; a follow-up visit $79, of which you pay about $20 — 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.
Alden Leifer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1981 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityMaleOther offices in Paterson: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $884Miriam Fuhrman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · State University of New York Downstate Medical CenterFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,912Thomas M. Obrotka, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1975MaleSwati J. Parekh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,690Saveren Scannapiego, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1972MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $322Joyce K. Varkey, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $707Warren M. Klein, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1972 · Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $104
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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- Primary care doctors88
- Nurse practitioners104
- Cardiologists17
- Orthopedic surgeons3
- Neurologists6
- Gastroenterologists5
- Podiatrists12
- Urologists4
- Pulmonologists5
- Nephrologists3
- Oncologists3
- Psychiatrists18
- Therapists and counselors3
- Physical therapists17
- Occupational therapists5
- Chiropractors6
- Gynecologists18
- General surgeons15
- Physiatrists4
- Infectious disease doctors3
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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).