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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Charleston, WV
CMS lists 26 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Charleston. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 23. 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 25302 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $124, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $67, 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 2013FemaleChristopher A. Stansbury, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2003 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $289Steven G. Bailey, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 52.4/100Graduated 1980 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $213Deborah Gerbetz, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 52.4/100Graduated 2001 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $66John R. Gwin, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 52.4/100Graduated 2002 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $627William H. Bellamy, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,105Cydney Branham, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleCaleb T. Cart, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $131Andrew S. Cassis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $180Abigail M. Donigian, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $176Stephen L. Gaal, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $794Sarah E. Heath, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $423Summer D. Jones, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Nova Southeastern Univ College of Dental MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $292Robert B. Pate, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Walter S. Ramsey, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1969 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $546Jessi Sampson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,480Jennifer L. Stevens, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of Alabama School of DentistryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,693Nathaniel S. Stevens, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,825Laura M. Suppa Sammons, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,154Jeffery L. Whittington, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,071Mark J. Whittington, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,524Sandra H. Whittington, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $592Ahmad Z. Zahir, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · International American University at Puerto Rico - School of OptometryMaleJosiah A. Bolyard, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $467Lynn E. Engle-Laneve, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2000 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $693Dennis W. Hedrick, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1990 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $560
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).