Aarti Walia
Optometrist · Houston, TX
Aarti Walia is an optometrist with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1396438800, issued on May 31, 2023. Check the license (Texas 10883, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Aarti Walia
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 10883 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4401 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX 77204
- Phone
- (713) 743-2020
- Enumerated
- May 31, 2023
- Record last updated
- Jul 25, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230830000836); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Houston - College Of Optometry, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Aarti Walia in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 10883Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
29 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 52% of claims.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $23.12
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was CooperVision Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Strong Vision Care PCAzle, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Aarti Walia among 5,006 optometrist records in Texas
Aarti Walia is one of 5,006 optometrist records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 89% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 89% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2010 among the 2,894 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
770 optometrist records list a practice address in Houston
They are 770 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 5,006 optometrist records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Aarti Walia's NPI number?
Aarti Walia's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396438800, issued on May 31, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Aarti Walia located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4401 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX, 77204. Phone: (713) 743-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Aarti Walia's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 10883, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Aarti Walia prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Aarti Walia had 29 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.