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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Valley Stream, NY
CMS lists 23 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Valley Stream. 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 11581 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $154, of which you pay about $39; a follow-up visit $83, of which you pay about $21 — 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.
Kelsey L. Jones, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $444Aleksandra A. Wianecka, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2002 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,654Gina Bajaj, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $145Jason Y. Cheung, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $246Jennifer M. Diamond, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $191Andrew Horn, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986MaleWilliam B. Kayen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleMyra Krokoff, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122Samuel Munonyedi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · State University of New York - State College OptometryMaleAlison Risko, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $238Natalya Rooney, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,275Renu Tyagaraj, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleChristopher J. Vissicchio, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · New England College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,173Marcel Weinberger, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1972 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleEliza Yaghoubian, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Yuliya Bababekova, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $180Dmitri Bondarenko, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2006MaleJonathan Chiou, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2014 · State University of New York - State College OptometryMaleCandice Distefano, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2018 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $287Lee L. Freundlich, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1982 · State University of New York - State College OptometryMaleRicky R. Gurprasad
May accept assignmentGraduated 2010 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $36Eleonora Orloff
May accept assignmentGraduated 1999FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $337Druti Shikdar-Ahmed, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemale
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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- Nurse practitioners64
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- Neurologists11
- Gastroenterologists6
- Ophthalmologists3
- Podiatrists14
- Oncologists4
- Psychiatrists11
- Psychologists5
- Therapists and counselors35
- Physical therapists50
- Occupational therapists31
- Speech therapists8
- Audiologists5
- Chiropractors3
- Gynecologists13
- General surgeons18
- Vascular surgeons5
- Physiatrists5
- 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).