Charles L. Balch, OD
Optometrist · Fayetteville, NC
Charles L. Balch, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and NPI 1376586867, issued on Jun 13, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 1535, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles L. Balch
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1535 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 579 Cross Creek Mall, Fayetteville, NC 28303
- Phone
- (910) 487-2900
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 15, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (910) 860-1954
- Medicaid ID
- 8909507 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100329000947); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Alabama Birmingham - School Of Optometry, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Charles L. Balch in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 1535Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
287 Medicare Part D claims for 85 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
- Latanoprost124 claims
- Lumigan21 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate20 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate19 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol14 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol12 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: $354.29
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biotissue Holdings 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
- Eyecarecenter OD PAFayetteville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charles L. Balch among 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina
Charles L. Balch, OD is one of 1,480 optometrist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2006 among the 1,060 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 62% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in North Carolina
There are 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina.
All 1,480 in North Carolina → Every provider in Fayetteville → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Hakkam AlsaidiFayetteville, NC 283031588181507
- Barbara Ciampa, O.D.Fayetteville, NC 283031730167669
- Erin Downing, ODFayetteville, NC 283031255813457
- Zachary Engle, O.D.Fayetteville, NC 283031912257247
- Susan Hendrix, O.D.Fayetteville, NC 283031659329654
- Jeffrey Morrison, ODFayetteville, NC 283031598487779
- Kent Risk, O.D.Fayetteville, NC 283031902876311
- Laurie Arcolano-Vaughan, O.D.Fayetteville, NC 283041780654319
Common questions
What is Charles L. Balch, OD's NPI number?
Charles L. Balch, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376586867, issued on Jun 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles L. Balch, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 579 Cross Creek Mall, Fayetteville, NC, 28303. Phone: (910) 487-2900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles L. Balch, OD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 1535, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Charles L. Balch, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles L. Balch, OD had 287 Medicare Part D claims for 85 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.