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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Kingsport, TN
CMS lists 22 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Kingsport. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 16. 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 37660 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $122, of which you pay about $30; a follow-up visit $66, 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.
Randy A. Birt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2002 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $114Monica C. Szalajko
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2016 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $85Taylor N. Hart
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 72.6/100Graduated 2022FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $138Kelsey Blalock, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $396Shawn R. Busche, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026MaleTorrey J. Carlson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Ferris State College - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $28,474Sarah Elmore
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $193John S. Gentry, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $416David C. Holliman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Melissa M. Holliman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Benjamin T. Lawrence, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $113Michael Morgan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $275Troy Moss, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $510Jackie Ngo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $331Frank L. Oglesby Jr., OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $143Gregory C. Russell, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Southern College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Kingsport: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $671Brenna P. Childers, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $392Brandon C. Holliman, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025 · Southern College of OptometryMaleWilliam P. McMillin, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2009 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $244William C. McMillin, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1978 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $71Katherine Randolph, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2014 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $200Gregory T. Salyers, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1988 · Southern College of OptometryMale
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).