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Optometrists who accept Medicare in La Crosse, WI
CMS lists 34 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in La Crosse. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 33. 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 54601 (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.
Mathew Mergenthaler, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.7/100Graduated 2014 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $47Holly M. Fisher, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.4/100Graduated 1998 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $97Kendra E. Garbrecht, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.4/100Graduated 2005 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $55Robin E. Theye, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.4/100Graduated 2008 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Brenda S. Wedig, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.4/100Graduated 2008 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $97Thomas E. Boulden, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDustin A. Cherney, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $286Sarah A. Clements, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleBrad W. Collins, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleAngela K. Darveaux, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $28Richard L. Foss, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $447Marissa A. Garrels Kjos, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleRagna A. Godtland, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in La Crosse: 3Megan M. Hafner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $126Ashley Herde
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleMichael W. Herde, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleBrianne Herlitzke
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleGregory A. Hutcheson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleGretchen P. Kelly, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleAlaina Labbus, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,589Filomena C. Larson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleJohn M. Latham, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleAlexandra M. Literski, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $341Jessica C. Puls, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,417Kristen M. Reierson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in La Crosse: 1Jennie M. Tomlinson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleTodd A. Verdon, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleMisty M. Watters
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDouglas J. Wesely, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDean A. Wetzel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleNancy E. Wetzel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleSamuel Wetzel
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025MaleAnn M. Wonderling, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleOther offices in La Crosse: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $350Kara L. Katzung, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemale
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).