Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D.
Optometrist · Milton Freewater, OR
Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Milton Freewater, Oregon, and NPI 1538508270, issued on Jun 16, 2013. Check the license (Oregon 3503ATI, as entered in NPPES) with the Oregon board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Stowe Winters
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 3503ATI OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 320 N Columbia St, Milton Freewater, OR 97862
- Phone
- (541) 938-5888
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jun 3, 2024
- Fax
- (541) 938-9430
- Medicaid ID
- 500658022 OR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130701000647); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benjamin Stowe Winters in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Oregon board licenses this profession
Search for license 3503ATICheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
13% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
314 Medicare Part D claims for 104 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 33% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost86 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth44 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol42 claims
- Timolol Maleate31 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate28 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate24 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $148.74
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Benjamin Stowe Winters among 944 optometrist records in Oregon
Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D. is one of 944 optometrist records with a practice address in Oregon. 69% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 69% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 69% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2010 among the 552 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 65% 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 Oregon practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 optometrist records list a practice address in Milton Freewater
They are 2 of the 62 NPPES records with a practice address in Milton Freewater, and 944 optometrist records in Oregon.
All 944 in Oregon → Every provider in Milton Freewater → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Michael Garton, O. D.Milton Freewater, OR 978621447257043
- Daniel BecknerIsland City, OR 978501205804275
- Bert Frewing, O.D.La Grande, OR 978501346310752
- Madeline Gianandrea, ODLa Grande, OR 978501982334025
- David Glabe, O.D., M.S.La Grande, OR 978501326377151
- Samuel Kimball, ODLa Grande, OR 978501144458860
- Spencer Luke, O.D.La Grande, OR 978501356638761
- David Archibald, O.D.John Day, OR 978451144459793
Common questions
What is Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D.'s NPI number?
Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538508270, issued on Jun 16, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 320 N Columbia St, Milton Freewater, OR, 97862. Phone: (541) 938-5888. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Oregon license number 3503ATI, as entered by the provider. Search the Oregon board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D. had 314 Medicare Part D claims for 104 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benjamin Stowe Winters, O.D.'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.