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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Salem, VA
CMS lists 14 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Salem. 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 24153 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $129, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $70, of which you pay about $18 — 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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.7/100Graduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $485Megan M. Andrews
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75.2/100Graduated 2013 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $434Brooke N. Conner-Tsang, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75.2/100Graduated 2021 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $547Reagan Darner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75.2/100Graduated 2012 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $73Kristen M. Piery, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75.2/100Graduated 2014 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $659Jonathan Gudeman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 1996 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $465Gary L. Best, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1977 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleTimothy Jessee, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleMichael A. Johnson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $342William J. Mann, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleWilliam S. Mann, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in Salem: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $599Katelyn Palmer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $317Timothy Poling
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988MaleBenjamin B. Wang, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · New England College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $324
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).