Carissa Alforque, OD
Optometrist · Woodland Hills, CA
Carissa Alforque, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Woodland Hills, California, and NPI 1871350652, issued on Feb 28, 2024. Check the license (California 35609, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carissa Alforque
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 35609 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5601 DE Soto Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
- Phone
- (833) 574-2273
- Enumerated
- Feb 28, 2024
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240905001054); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carissa Alforque in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 35609Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
20 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupWoodland Hills, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carissa Alforque among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Carissa Alforque, OD 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 2024, is newer than 94% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 94% of these records are older, 4% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
Optometrist providers in California
There are 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Robert Armstrong, ODWoodland Hills, CA 913671093831224
- Alice Au, O.D.Woodland Hills, CA 913671548502487
- Brian Decuir, O.D.Woodland Hills, CA 913671649335589
- Christopher Fong, O.D.Woodland Hills, CA 913671013930098
- John Foster, ODWoodland Hills, CA 913671902922131
- Joyce Hsieh, O.D.Woodland Hills, CA 913671134384225
- Amy Huang, O.D.Woodland Hills, CA 913671275799587
- Bahar Karbassi, ODWoodland Hills, CA 913671992821128
Common questions
What is Carissa Alforque, OD's NPI number?
Carissa Alforque, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871350652, issued on Feb 28, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carissa Alforque, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5601 DE Soto Ave, Woodland Hills, CA, 91367. Phone: (833) 574-2273. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carissa Alforque, OD's license?
NPPES lists California license number 35609, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Carissa Alforque, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carissa Alforque, OD had 20 Medicare Part D claims for 14 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.