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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Akron, OH
CMS lists 29 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Akron. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 27. 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 44333 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $126, of which you pay about $32; 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.
Tiffany Burick, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.6/100Graduated 2013FemaleDeborah Gerbetz, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.6/100Graduated 2001 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $66Michael J. Skuza, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.6/100Graduated 2009 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleAmber N. Slezak
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.6/100Graduated 2014 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleJohn R. Wood, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.6/100Graduated 2006 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleZachary C. Sherman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93/100Graduated 2018 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleOther offices in Akron: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,998Cynthia N. Lenhoff, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 2022 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $657Jennifer S. Vincent, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 2013 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,314Samantha R. Zaczyk, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.5/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $299Alexander D. Jones, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.6/100Graduated 2023 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,939Chris A. Calaway, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.9/100Graduated 1981 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $143Mary Lack, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.9/100Graduated 1992 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $344Nancy Cozzi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleWalter Cozzi, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleDavid J. Dawson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Jeffrey R. Durkin, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $78Jeffrey J. Genos, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,163Thomas H. Handel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $950Brad P. Kaster, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $797William T. Lawhon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $145Rachel M. Mathie
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $637Michael J. Oreilly, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1975 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $252Alexander Ryan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $385Paul M. Schanz, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Kylie Scott, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleKirby L. Scullion, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19Joseph B. Studebaker, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $78Andrew M. Dodd, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $50Joshua Stefan
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $152
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).