Bret B. Ford, OD
Optometrist · Kerrville, TX
Bret B. Ford, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Kerrville, Texas, and NPI 1114900990, issued on Nov 25, 2005. Check the license (Texas 5121T, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bret B. Ford
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 5121T TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 714 Hill Country Drive, Kerrville, TX 78028
- Phone
- (830) 315-3673
- Enumerated
- Nov 25, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 7, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (830) 315-3939
- Medicaid ID
- 041011003 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100811000089); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern College Of Optometry, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bret B. Ford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 5121TCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
36 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 69% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Restasis14 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: $347.29
10 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
- Bret Ford Eye Care PCKerrville, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bret B. Ford among 5,006 optometrist records in Texas
Bret B. Ford, OD is one of 5,006 optometrist records with a practice address in Texas. 74% 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, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2010 among the 2,894 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 59% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 optometrist records list a practice address in Kerrville
They are 11 of the 852 NPPES records with a practice address in Kerrville, and 5,006 optometrist records in Texas.
All 5,006 in Texas → Every provider in Kerrville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Heather Anderegg, O. D.Kerrville, TX 780281093944845
- Kayla Avirett Zachry, ODKerrville, TX 780281992169247
- Jacqueline Balderas, ODKerrville, TX 780281588273767
- Brandon Blaker, O.D.Kerrville, TX 780281093894230
- Layne Ford, ODKerrville, TX 780281720517477
- Stanley Kremp, ODKerrville, TX 780281679674006
- Benito Pena, O.DKerrville, TX 780281497945919
- Peter Rothermel, ODKerrville, TX 780281912945726
Common questions
What is Bret B. Ford, OD's NPI number?
Bret B. Ford, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114900990, issued on Nov 25, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bret B. Ford, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 714 Hill Country Drive, Kerrville, TX, 78028. Phone: (830) 315-3673. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bret B. Ford, OD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 5121T, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Bret B. Ford, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bret B. Ford, OD had 36 Medicare Part D claims for 22 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.