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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Wake Forest, NC
CMS lists 18 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Wake Forest. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 14. 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 27587 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $125, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $68, 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.
Samantha K. Ward, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 71.7/100Graduated 2004 · University of California - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,442Teresa K. Angeli, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $177Vikarma W. Brooks, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Southern College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Wake Forest: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $275Kimberly M. Douglas, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,251Mackenzie E. Dziedzic, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,029Amanda S. Johnson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Wake Forest: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $591Macy A. Lewis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,463Lee D. McPherson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,712Jennifer L. Murphy, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,363Jason R. Price, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,397Jeelan Rahhal, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $952Joanna D. Reiman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $17,167Kris J. Roy, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleNatalya M. Sheppard, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · State University of New York - State College OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $432Jamie B. Boyd Maneth, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2013 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $271Aleshia N. Luu, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2009 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $615Joel C. Swaim, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1977 · Southern College of OptometryMaleJames D. Yoakum, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1995 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $340
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).