Austin Beard, OD
Optometrist · Fort Wayne, IN
Austin Beard, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and NPI 1972033348, issued on Jun 18, 2017. Check the license (Indiana 18004028, as entered in NPPES) with the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Austin Beard
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 18004028 IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2001 Reed RD, Fort Wayne, IN 46815
- Phone
- (260) 426-5663
- Enumerated
- Jun 18, 2017
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (260) 426-5693
- Medicaid ID
- 300004254 IN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170712003739); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Indiana University - School Of Optometry, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest optometrist records → All 1,578 in Indiana → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 2001 Reed RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Eric Skorupa, ODOptometrist1023490224
Verify Austin Beard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Indiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 18004028Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
980 Medicare Part D claims for 281 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 30% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost334 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol115 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate81 claims
- Timolol Maleate79 claims
- Restasis60 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl52 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $42.07
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Oyster Point Pharma, 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
- Midwest Eye Consultants PCDecatur, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Austin Beard among 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana
Austin Beard, OD is one of 1,578 optometrist records with a practice address in Indiana. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 77% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2008 among the 1,014 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 66% 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 Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
101 optometrist records list a practice address in Fort Wayne
They are 101 of the 9,203 NPPES records with a practice address in Fort Wayne, and 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana.
All 1,578 in Indiana → Every provider in Fort Wayne → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Eric Skorupa, ODFort Wayne, IN 468151023490224
- Rae Ann Ulangca, O.D.Fort Wayne, IN 468151073550463
- Kevin Whiteleather, ODFort Wayne, IN 468151497758395
- Bradley Basham, O.D.Fort Wayne, IN 468161477547628
- Samuel Beers, ODFort Wayne, IN 468161619590650
- Brent Burch, ODFort Wayne, IN 468161033369244
- Patrice Ellingson, O.D.Fort Wayne, IN 468161639163884
- Susan Goode, O.D.Fort Wayne, IN 468141659427102
Common questions
What is Austin Beard, OD's NPI number?
Austin Beard, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972033348, issued on Jun 18, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Austin Beard, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2001 Reed RD, Fort Wayne, IN, 46815. Phone: (260) 426-5663. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Austin Beard, OD's license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 18004028, as entered by the provider. Search the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Austin Beard, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Austin Beard, OD had 980 Medicare Part D claims for 281 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Austin Beard, OD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.