Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant, O.D.
Optometrist · Tucson, AZ
Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1598724163, issued on Mar 21, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 1109, as entered in NPPES) with the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1109 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7475 E Tanque Verde RD, Tucson, AZ 85715
- Phone
- (520) 663-5393
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 3, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (520) 663-1023
- Medicaid ID
- 832304 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040428000393); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pacific University - College Of Optometry, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest optometrist records → All 1,336 in Arizona → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 7475 E Tanque Verde RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Curtis Dechant, O.D.Optometrist1770546392
- Jeffrey Horst, O.D.Optometrist1376773028
Verify Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Arizona board licenses this profession
Search for license 1109Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
53% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
131 Medicare Part D claims for 57 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 40% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Timolol Maleate25 claims
- Latanoprost24 claims
- Restasis17 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth16 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate15 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: $167.04
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was 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
- John H Mcdougall OD Arizona PCTucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant among 1,336 optometrist records in Arizona
Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant, O.D. is one of 1,336 optometrist records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2010 among the 746 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 62% 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Arizona
There are 1,336 optometrist records in Arizona.
All 1,336 in Arizona → Every provider in Tucson → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Stephanie Burruel, ODTucson, AZ 857151275105637
- Antonio Campbell, O.D.Tucson, AZ 857151912107905
- Curtis Dechant, O.D.Tucson, AZ 857151770546392
- Stephanie Hilde, ODTucson, AZ 857151134783392
- Jeffrey Horst, O.D.Tucson, AZ 857151376773028
- James Liston, ODTucson, AZ 857151023129699
- Kurt Lowman, O.D.Tucson, AZ 857151316935984
- James Parks, ODTucson, AZ 857151578546099
Common questions
What is Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant, O.D.'s NPI number?
Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598724163, issued on Mar 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7475 E Tanque Verde RD, Tucson, AZ, 85715. Phone: (520) 663-5393. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 1109, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amy Marie Fuhr-Dechant, O.D. had 131 Medicare Part D claims for 57 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.