Austin Lifferth, OD
Optometrist · Louisville, KY
Austin Lifferth, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Louisville, Kentucky, and NPI 1134106636, issued on Dec 27, 2005. Check the license with the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Austin Lifferth
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 18003391A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1935 Bluegrass Ave, Louisville, KY 40215
- Phone
- (502) 895-0040
- Enumerated
- Dec 27, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1935 Bluegrass Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Austin Lifferth in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
8.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
2,265 Medicare Part D claims for 601 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 45% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost624 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol236 claims
- Timolol Maleate154 claims
- Restasis86 claims
- Xiidra78 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate73 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 Medicare quality 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $36,708.69
124 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas 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 Center For Sight, LLCCarmel, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in Kentucky
There are 803 optometrist records in Kentucky.
Other optometrist records in Kentucky
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- John Adams, O.D.Winchester, KY1497900070
- Kevin Adams, ODMurray, KY1184782609
- Mattie Adams, ODElizabethtown, KY1861064958
- Rebecca Adams, O.D.Louisville, KY1568080315
- Stefanie Adams, ODGeorgetown, KY1750669198
- Addy Adkisson, ODLouisville, KY1255181582
- Bilal Ahmad, O.D.Lexington, KY1003224809
Common questions
What is Austin Lifferth, OD's NPI number?
Austin Lifferth, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134106636, issued on Dec 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Austin Lifferth, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1935 Bluegrass Ave, Louisville, KY, 40215. Phone: (502) 895-0040. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Austin Lifferth, OD's license?
Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Austin Lifferth, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Austin Lifferth, OD had 2,265 Medicare Part D claims for 601 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Austin Lifferth, OD's Medicare quality 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), loaded Aug 27, 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) 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 27, 2026.