NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Arbi Melikian, O.D.

Optometrist · Huntington Beach, CA

Arbi Melikian, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Huntington Beach, California, and NPI 1669460234, issued on Oct 7, 2005. Check the license (California 12334, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1669460234
Name
Arbi Melikian
Credential
O.D.
Primary taxonomy
Optometrist 152W00000X
License number
12334 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
18632 Beach Blvd Ste 100, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Phone
(818) 720-9656
Enumerated
Oct 7, 2005
Record last updated
Dec 19, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20090430000337); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2003
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 18632 Beach Blvd Ste 100

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Mashal Hamidy, ODOptometrist1427882547
  2. Bavand Youssefzadeh, D.OOphthalmology Physician1568714079

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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12% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024

309 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 49% of claims.

  1. Arbi Melikian309
  2. Specialty average277

Most prescribed

  1. Cyclosporine41 claims
  2. Prednisolone Acetate34 claims
  3. Moxifloxacin26 claims
  4. Ketorolac Tromethamine23 claims
  5. Timolol Maleate23 claims
  6. Restasis19 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: $145.70

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dompe US, 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.

  1. Arbi Melikian$145.70
  2. Specialty average$769.99

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

  1. California Lasik And Cataract Institute IncHuntington Beach, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Arbi Melikian among 8,308 optometrist records in California

Arbi Melikian, O.D. is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
  • Graduated2003 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 67% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

51 optometrist records list a practice address in Huntington Beach

They are 51 of the 4,031 NPPES records with a practice address in Huntington Beach, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.

The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jeffrey Dang, ODHuntington Beach, CA 926481306367370
  2. Mashal Hamidy, ODHuntington Beach, CA 926481427882547
  3. Timothy Liegler, ODHuntington Beach, CA 926481336250331
  4. Joseph Powell, ODHuntington Beach, CA 926481487696506
  5. Quynh Hoa Truong, O.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481508932393
  6. Lillian Truong, ODHuntington Beach, CA 926481609492552
  7. Patricia Uyekawa, O.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481720043698
  8. Stephany Vong, O.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481265625891

Common questions

What is Arbi Melikian, O.D.'s NPI number?

Arbi Melikian, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669460234, issued on Oct 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Arbi Melikian, O.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18632 Beach Blvd Ste 100, Huntington Beach, CA, 92648. Phone: (818) 720-9656. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Arbi Melikian, O.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number 12334, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Arbi Melikian, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Arbi Melikian, O.D. had 309 Medicare Part D claims for 89 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.